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only on al jazeera america >> welcome back. yemen is launching its biggest crack downed on al qaeda in years. but it wants outside help to pay. alshem albara. >> yemen's are battle grounds. the army is making gains, it has recaptured some areas like mahped and azan where these fighters established a state of their own, a leader, a judiciary and an army. yemen's foreign minister says his government will not allow al qaeda to destabilize the transition. >> al qaeda has created a threat for the transition itself. that's when second, of course is it has always been a threat to the stability of yemen as far as point of view of economic development, investments, the government could not just stand and watch. >> reporter: these soldiers are celebrating recent victories. but yemen's army has been divided and weakened by years of instability and conflicts. it is now under pressure to win the latest battle. but that requires huge resources which impoverished yemen cannot afford. >> look at the course of these extensive operations on yeme

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only on al jazeera america ... arch good morning to you. welcome to al jazeera america. live from new york city, i am morgan radford. here are the stories we are following for you right now. the search for the missing nigerian school girls prompting an international it response waging war. >> china you china evacwaits citizens from vietnam. tension boils over drilling in the south china sea. plus, the death toll in saudi arabia closing in on 1 sent people sfou a third case diagnosed right here on american soil. a day after a group of western and african couldn't trees declare tounite, nigerian residents say they may launch their search party to help find girls. mohammed adow has more. >> they have warmly welcomed the declaring of war on boko haram. they say boko harammez will have nowhere to hide in cameroon, chad and nijer. the long and porous border, they have been picking up supplies. france is crucial to the implementation and brings together former colleagues that are neighbors of nigeria, particularly camerron which doesn't have a good diplomatic relationship with

jazeera only on al jazeera america >> breaking on al jazeera america. an u.s. soldier held captive in afghanistan since 2009 is now free. minutes ago the white house announced that sgt. bowe bergdahl is coming back to the united states in exchange for his release. in exchange of five guantanamo detainees into the custody of qatar government. >>> the police in california may have missed a chance to prevent last week's mass murder in isla vista, california. police interviewed he will rot roger in april but they never checked the state's firearm database and didn't know that he had purchased three pistols. i spoke with the father of one of the victims. >> you don't need three guns. you don't need 400 rounds, you don't need a rifle in the city. it serves no purpose. we don't let people keep newel nuclear bombs in their basements. why? because it's not reasonable. i have no problem with gun own whose have a need for the weapon and choose the appropriate weapon for the purpose. i don't have a problem with that. but this kid with mental health issues. 3 firear

the stop stories from al jazeera. malawi's any president said its time for people to forget the disputed election and begin focusing on the country. he was sworn in on saturday. >>> al jazeera has received two recordings from inmates at a prison in egypt accusing egyptian authorities of ill treatment including culting off water to their cells. >>> and tear gas at demonstrators in istanbul. ten people have been detained by police, who have been deployed in large numbers across the city in anticipation. >>> the police crackdown on drug cartel cartels in mexico has been ongoing for months now. as criminals become more clever in evading capture, the police have found new ways to find them. >> it's the eye in the sky to hunt down and capture criminals. from hundreds of meters above please police officers monitor neighborhoods for suspicious activity. >> before we started these fly overs criminals would escape. they would scale walls and rooftops and get away, and by the time we got on the scene it was too late. now with th

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jazeera america >> al jazeera arabic correspondent abdullah al shami has been on a hunger strike for 112 days. asked to transfer to a hospital in 48 hours. health is failing. shaban said says his client may die if he's not given immediate health. >> during a visit he was incoherent and the things he said didn't make sense. he also fainted and was unconscious. his mother called to confirm people saw him in that state. i saw pictures after he lost weight. >> three other al jazeera journalists also continue to be held in egypt. for 135 days, baher mohamed, peter greste and mohamed fahmy, have been held. al jazeera is demanding their immediate release. >>> government and rebels are blaming each other for violence. clashes in the northern town of bentu. fighting the government since december. both sides agreed to the cease fire friday after meeting face-to-face in ee ethiopia. south sudan gained independence in 2011 after decades of fighting. thousands of orphaned children fled during the '80s and '90s. they came to be known as the lost boys and girls. sell of them made it all the way to

doha with the stories around the world here on al jazeera. fighting intensifies in eastern ukraine and two helicopters have been shot down. u.s. secretary of state arrives in duba as talks continue to try to end the fighting in south sudan. in prison for 125 days as the days gets ready al jazeera journalists r

jazeera only on al jazeera america >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are your headlines at this hour. russian president vladimir putin meeting for those looking for an answer to end the crisis in ukraine. it says that they're pulling back troops along the border but nato said they are not seeing the with drawls. >> boko haram blamed for a new atrocity in nigeria. the reports that the group killed people in a town and kidnapped more school girls in decision to the 200 is has kept captive since april. >>> it's been citizen months since typhoon haiyan hit the philippines. some families there are still trying to cope. >> they're hoping that he's finding a place to store away a painful memory. he lost 22 members of his family. his wife, children, grandchildren, brothers and sisters, and cousins. six of them have not been found until now. he's left with his only son. all the others died when typhoon haiyan struck central philippines. >> i dream of my children, i remember the voices of my children, they will never leave my mind. >> he m

the al jazeera journalist lost more than a third of his weight. this video taken before his arrest shows him in normal health and celebrates his 26th birthday today and held without charge and denied access to a lawyer or medical treatment. and three english journalist held in egypt and held for 128 days and they are accused of conspireing with the muslim brotherhood and it has been a terrorist organization by the government and al jazeera rejects all charges and demanding their immediate release. still to come on al jazeera we will go live to ukraine where there are reports of more fighting on the outskirts of slovansk and promised pay outs but not soon enough for people killed on mt. everest. ♪ ♪ top stories on al jazeera, there is reports of shooting at friday's landslide in afghanistan and people are homeless and in desperate need of help and 15 army trucks arrived with supplies and democratic republic of congo a verdict is expected in the biggest rape trial in history, dozens of congo soldiers are accused of raping 130 women and girls. ni

al jazeera america. i am richard ginzberg. if you want to pick a side in the ukraine story, pick a channel. there is something for everyone. protesters in thailand want just one side of that story told. so they have given journalists marching orders. we will drill down into the coverage of the economic story in greece where the media are a battleground. and, the joy of selling out. ♪ i need the money ♪ week. >> with troops occupying the region president vladimir putin saw him greeted as a hero. the date, the anniversary of the end of world war ii was significant because back home, on russian television screens, putin's policy in ukraine is depicted as a valiant stand on behalf of russian speakers there against the same kind of fascism russia fought in the second world war. in fact, 300 of the kremlin's favorite journalists have medals to show for their work on the ukraine story. >> kind of coverage has been dismissed as propaganda in the west. but you don't have to go all the way to moscow to find bi

al jazeera itself, committing to protect journalists. all of us will pound until we see the changes. we spoke to a number of egyptian physicists who pressured the government for an independent judiciary, for a clear adherence and support of a constitution that most egyptians, the vast majority of egyptians themselves passed. this constitution calls for a free press and is one of the strongest that we have seen in a long time. now we are calling on the egyptian government and the people to push the egyptian government to live up to the letter and spirit of the constitution that was passed this year. >> thank you for the insight. >>> just a reminder to our viewers that four al jazeera journalists remain in gaol. our colleagues, peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been held in prison for 150 days. they are expected to appear in court again on june the 1st. a reminder that a fourth al jazeera has been detained without charge for more than nine months now. >>> moving on, and the nigerian military ruled out force to rescue

al jazeera america. joseph. >> people have been voting across india in the past five weeks in the country's largest election. 800 million eligible voters in india. cast their ballots in the final day of voting. the main hindu opposition party bjp, and ruling congress party has been plagued by scandals. final results expected on may 16th. >>> protesters came out in thailand. vowing to take down the current government in place. current administration is still in support eve of yingwat chinw. >>> vietnam's government rarely tolerates protests like these. the fact that it has is perhaps the measure of the deepening official age are that china taps maritime ambitions in the south china sea. >> china not only violates vietnam's territory says this territory but it also shows its ambitions to invade the entire sea. shaky video shows a recent confrontation in these troubled waters. a chinese ship rams a vietnamese coast guard vessel. there have been skirmishes going on for the past week. they have been going on

jazeera america >> >> announcer: this is al jazeera. >>> hello, welcome to the newshour. i'm steven cole in doha with the top stories from around the world here on al jazeera. >>> more than 200,000 are feared dead after a landslide in north-east afghanistan. >>> international military observers have been freed after being held for more than a week in ukraine. >>> ceasefire or surrender. syrian rebels give up t

these are charges al jazeera rejects as ab surd. the evidence presented against them included reports from other correspondents and news channels. the trial began in february. they were arrested at the end of december, have been inee custod and denied bail. >>> al jazeera wrote to several leading figures asking them to help secure the release of their journalist abdullah al-shami, held in prison without trial for more than nine month. al jazeera accused egyptian authorities of endangering his life. he's been on a hunger strike for four months and continues to refuse food, despite what an al jazeera spokesman calls a crude and dangerous attempt to force-feed him. the network represented calls for him to receive independent medical attention. >> the two remaining presidential candidates in afghanistan ever resuming their campaign. abdullah abdullah and ashraf ghani failed to secure the 50% of the vote in the first round. since then more than 3,000 election staff accused of fraud have been fired. that has raised the stakes. this report

peter sharp, al jazeera. swiss voters have rejected a proposal to introduce the world's highest minimum wage. they suggest 77% of people voted against workers being paid at least $25 an hour. good news for business owners who worried it could lead to job cuts. the proposal was an he attempt to reduce the income gap. turkish police have detained 18 people as part of an ongoing investigation into the country's worst mining accident. the report suggests that some are mining company executives. funerals are being held for more than 300 people killed in soma last week. the government has started an investigation after ending the effort to recover bodies on saturday. >> a building collapse has prompted a rare public apology from government officials. it's feared hundreds of people have died after an apartment collapsed. saying irresponsible supervision was to blame. south korea said around 92 families were living in the 23-story building. a wave of antigovernment or china protests that have been sweeping the countr

this is al jazeera america live from new york city. let's get you caught up on the top stories this hour. at least 40 people are dead in the aftermath of fighting between soldiers and separatists in eastern ukraine. thousands dead and many homeless in the wake. devastating landslide in afghanist afghanistan. while his team fights for play-off series victories, new support for embattled clipperseen owner donald sterling. >>> imagine living a block away from the foul mess filling this disgusting can alal and try to guess how much it will cost to clean it up. >>> thanks for being with us. stalemate in ukraine. minor victories for the government overshadowed by separatists pushing back. ukraine military reclaimed some government buildings in the east but lost others. meantime, european union is calling for an independent investigation into the deaths of more than 40 people in odessa yesterday. kiev blaming russian supporters from moldova on its western border. paul brennan reports. >> the burning cars and day bre were evidence of what look

jazeera only on al jazeera america real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> and finally tonight, a top chef with a cause. he's roy choy, best known for starting the modern food truck revolution, meals on wheels. and as of this weekend, a hot new movie. but choy's real passion lies away from hollywood. a real dish and "america tonight"'s michael okwu. >> it's one part sizzle. one part spice. with a heavy dose of humor. >> don't thank me until you see it. >> and heart. >> i get to touch people's magic and i love it. >> "chef" is a love letter to food. roy choy, the culinary jean just behind the scenes, could -- genius behind the scenes, where he and celebrity chefs wolfgang puc anpuck and danny chang, overseeing his fleet of kobe beef trucks. but instead he spends most of his time here in the troubled and poor neighborhood of south l.a. running the modest three worlds cafe. >> it's just a cafe in south l.a. where the money goes back to the community and we're just trying to serve the best coffee and the best espresso,

on al jazeera america. finally if you're a struggling european nation trying to reduce your debt ratio to comply with european union rules. you recount your economy in your gdp. italy has announced it's counting drugs, prostitution, and goo 'ol fashioned smuggling in the country's overall gdp to order its debt ratio. it's not like italy's only known for its pasta. but the country is going to do one better than that. it's going to retroactively include it in the gdp for the past years as well. the country will comply with the e.u.'s rules on how indebted it can be. i wish it could have been on the high ranking brain storms that led to this idea. a bunk of italian men sitting around a conference table saying what else are we good with the? what else do we make money on? it sounds like a joke. italy is dead serious on this. if the e.u. accept it's it math, if they do no doesn't other countries will follow suit. the black market account accounts for 20% of the country's gdp, and that is not churc chump change.

al jazeera. ♪ >>> hello is there. and welcome to this newshour. i am laura kyle in doha. our top stories: the u.s. cancels joint exercises with the thai military following thursday's coup. >>> meanwhile, protesters in bangkok demand the coup leaders step aside. >>> counting continues on malawi's election. >>> i am barbara sara in lopdon. from europe the: including shootout in brussels. three people killed by a gunman outside the jewish museum in the city center. and the flooded bosnian villages sealed off from the outside world in quarantine for fear of disease. >> hello. i will have the sports counting down to a historic championships league ahead of athlet co madrid's, kickoff in about 45 minutes timeico madrid's, kickoff in about 45 minutes time. ♪ >>> the united states has pulled out of military exercises and planned official visits with thailand as a result of thursday's coup. the u.s. military has longstanding lends to thailand's armed forces dating back to the core ian and vietnam wars

children at work only on al jazeera america >>> time now for news bites with four al jazeera journalists still languishing in egyptian prisons as a court slowly hear the alleged case against them. the qatar based network wants to go to another court, suing for $150 million. al jazeera is basing its legal claim on a 14-year-old treaty between egypt and qatar that stipulates the mutual promotion and protection of investments. since last year's coup that ousted the muslim brotherhood, al jazeera has had its channel kicked out of the country and says its other networks have been subjected to harassment, intimidation and the jamming of transmissions. according to al jazeera, the interim government has also breached its treaty operation of the right for the news to be freely what in the current climate and under today's egyptian legal system are the chances of al jazeera winning it's lawsuit given at that judge has sentenced 683 members of the muslim brotherhood to death over the killing of one policeman last year, you would have to say not great. ethiopia has a dismal record on media freedom.

. ♪ hello and welcome to al jazeera and i'm elizabeth on the program. islamic law will be imposed across pakistan. the taliban sends a message to the government. south korean president apologizes for the ferry and announces plans to break up the coast guard. a syrian activist tells al jazeera how he survived a chemical attack. ♪ two dead, dozens injured and libya's government in chaos, fighting swept across the capitol tripoli and they launched an attack on parliament and demanded suspension and we will be live at tripoli in a few minutes but first here is his report. >> reporter: attack on the general national congress, the country's parliament and tripoli in a war zone. heavy may sine guns, grenades and weapons were used and fumes of black smoke rising in the air. according to witnesses gunmen driving vehicles stormed the gnc building say they were members of the brigade with bases by the airport and this is in the eastern city of benghazi. and they told al jazeera they declared an open war on the government for supporting what they called extremist

al jazeera america's hard hitting... ground breaking... truth seeking... >> they don't wanna show what's really going on... >> award winning, investigative, documentary series. children at work only on al jazeera america >>> are we giving up our civil rights in order to stay protected? >> exactly what civil liberty unions are asking. new sur availableance cameras are popping up acrossmey. people in chick, ago, do they k they are being watched. >> the traffic cameras are doing double duty, catching red light runners and performing surveillance. what we don't know is, are we tracking a terrorist or just tracking someone else? are we tracking someone who we don't like because of their political views? are we track that person because, simply, they are an attractive person? >> chicago was among the most-watched cities in america. by the end of may, it's 352 traffic cameras will be replaced with new models that can pan 360 degrees, well past the traffic. >> how do you feel about that? >> a little violated. >> chicago traffic cameras are nothing

these are the top stories on al jazeera. >> an u.s. prisoner of war has been freed after being held by the taliban for almost five years. we'll be live in washington, d.c. >> join me in rebuilding this country. [applause] >> malawi's new president said that it's time to fix the problem's major problems, but he can't do it alone. >>> in london the top stories we're covering in europe. migrant influx, 735,000 people arrive on italy's shores in 24 hours. as gunfire rages on and ukrainian military jets fly ahead pro russian activists rally for peace in the eastern city of doneskt. >> an u.s. soldier who has been held prisoner by the taliban in afghanistan for almost five years has been freed. sergeant bowe bergdahl was released for five afghan detainees from guantanamo bay. qatar brokered the deal. how did this exchange come about? >> well, we're getting more details through anonymous officials at the white house, the obama administration's favorite way of communicating with the press. we have known for some time that the white house has b

al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> they're locking the door... ground breaking... >> we have to get out of here... truth seeking... >> award winning, investigative, documentary series. chasing bail only on al jazeera america >> before there was rand paul, there was ron paul. the father. while the son is a senator who may run for president in 2016, the father isn't exactly fading in the back ground. ron paul is an outspoken libertarian. you can find his opinions on ronpaul.com. some of the content is free and some requires a are subscription that costs $9.95 a month. ali sat down with ron paul and asked him his appeal, young among young people and college students. >> i was delighted with it. i took a position which was a libertarian position, which was, you have to be responsible for yourself. most people paint young people as, they're totally independent, what's the government going to do for them? and there's plenty of that. the students when you offered it up to them they were very open. but i think conditions have helped me on that. not only

al jazeera america. >> this is "talk to al jazeera". with us this week - gloria steinem. you are still a contributing editor at "m.s. magazine." beyonce was on the cover recently. why is she a face of feminism? >> she's free, out there, singing, dancing. there are many out there. as part of her "times has changed" concert in london, the proceeds went to fight violence against people aims, and she -- feex ails, and she said -- females, and she said to two nirds "i know life is hard, it's difficult, we are here together for an hour, and you are safe". >> in 2008 you supported hillary clinton's bid for president and you argued the sex barrier is not taken as seriously as the racial one. is the feminist movement taking movement? >> no, i don't think so, but the feminist movement owes much of its exitens to the civil rights union. the whole idea that we could be equal people is a contagious idea of freedom. and because in the anti-vietnam movement and in the civil rights movement, women were not altogether equal as you see in the marches, where there were no women speaking. wo

david chater, al jazeera, rm slovyansk. l baher mohamed, peter greste, and mohamed fahmy have been held, a fourth al jazeera of al jazeera journalist, be be ab dlu al-shami, has been be requesting a medical report to document his poor health. >>> there are the generation that chamg challenged tuns tun d regime. >> many ton outskirts, she's going door to door. she is an educator. like a third of young tunisians here, she can't find work. >> they don't pay well. the salary's $100 a month. you cabinet live on that. >> lkes is close to tunisia's border with algeria. there are many historical sites. the people here accuse the government in b.tunis. spend their days in cafes like this. some have given up all hope of finding work. l. >> mohamed abas ifertion says he understands why, canned fines a permanent jock. >> i know graduates who have been unemployed for five or six years. my message is consider the unemployed because they are the ones who created the revolution. >> here we are in the terminal complex. >> trying to raise mo

nick schifrin, al jazeera, rome. >>> at al jazeera america taking a closer look at the immigration controversy here at home. our groundbreaking series, "borderland" had six americans retrace the steps of migrants who died trying to get to this country. they reunite to share their stories. you can see the borderland reunion on sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> up next, an update of the day's top stories and meet some of the n.f.l.'s newest stars. you are watching al jazeera america. ♪ what is this place? where are we? this is where we bring together reliably fast internet and the best in entertainment. we call it the x1 entertainment operating system. it looks like the future! we must have encountered a temporal vortex. further analytics are necessary. beam us up. ♪ that's my phone. hey. [ female announcer ] the x1 entertainment operating system. only from xfinity. tv and internet together like never before. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i am del walters. these are your headlines this hour. russians celebrating victory day honoring the end of world war i ii. vladimir putin tak

this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead, a string of explosions rock the kenyan cities of mombasa and nairobi. no hope for thousands buried under a landslide in afghanistan. those who survived are in desperate need of help. and sky scrapers and highways, panama gets

kaelyn forde, al jazeera, new york. >> the final episode of al jazeera's critically acclaimed series "border land" airs tomorrow. it's a look at the potentially deadly challenges migrants face when trying to cross the u. u.s.-mexico border. here is how six are making the journey coping. >> three of the almost 6,000 my grants perished in the last 15 years due to dehydration, heat exhaustion or hypothermia. >> did you notice the pieces of clothing along the trail? shoes, pants back there a ways? >> measured by the number of border patrol apprehension, the government's policy of driving migrants into the desert has brought down the number of illegal crossers substantially from over a million in 2006 to 420,000 last year. but while lesser crossing -- less are crossing, more are dying. a my grant crossing is 8 times more likely to die than a decade ago. >> it's weird to be in the footsteps of thousands and thousands of people that have come through here i mean it's kind of eerie in a way. and then, take it one more level and who knows which one of our people that we followed their story,

do you like working for al jazeera? why do you like working for al jazeera? but they did not directly charge me with any specific accusation while i stayed in his prison. >> howery released copper salah hassan? how long were you held and how did you get out? >> they help me for two months. i stayed seven or eight days before abu ghraib and the other then abu ghraib. estate about seven days before abu ghraib and the remaining days at abu ghraib. at the end, i was not accused of anything. he transferred me to a court. the court was formed by the iraqi government at the time. the coalition authority was present throughout the procedure. the judge found were no churches against me so he ordered my release and i left. >> salah hassan, this is the 10th anniversary of the release of the photos. did you recognize anyone in those photos? when did you first see these pictures? after i was released from abu ghraib prison, i wrote a complete report about what happened to me in the present and about my observation while inside the prison about psychological and physical t

real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america >> >> announcer: this is al jazeera. >>> hello, welcome to the newshour, good to have you here with us. we are here from doha. abdul fatah al-sisi claims to have run a crushing victory in egypt. questions remain over the low turn out. >>> kidnapped - ukranian rebels say they are holding four international observers in donet donetsk. the government will do everything possible to bring hour daughters

al jazeera america presents the system with joe beringer only on al jazeera america >>> today is may day when most countries around the world celebrate their workers, in fact america is one of the few places with their day in september. any way, see at major proposed raising minimum wage to $15 an hour. alan is in seattle covering this for us. alan? >> and ali the mayor says complete coincidence that this announcement came on may day. it would raise the minimum wage, but it would phase it in. for the smaller companies they would have reach that level within seven years, bigger companies within three years. the mayor said this was a big win, and he sees it in terms of a national arena and this issue, really just a first step. >> in the glue of this nation holding together has always been a large middle class, hopefully here in this city, at this time, on this day, we will begin the process of taking those first steps, those next steps, in restoring the middle class, and growing the again. >> not quite a done deal at this point. the city council are the ones who are going to have to tw

. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> the united states has suspended 3.5 million in military aid to thailand. the money was to help pay for training and weapons for thailand's army. thailand is under martial law after the military took control on thursday. >>> in syria, violence is spiking before presidential elections, killing dozens of people. rul amin has these reports. >> nobody claimed responsibility for this attack but we did hear from islamist rebels based in the region that today marks a new campaign a new offensive from them to support the rebels and the fighters who are there fighting the troops of president bashar al-assad, the government has been on the go trying to gain control of many areas from the rebels to give the presidential elections due on june 3d 3rd as much legitimacy and is credibility as possible. so the results will be valued. the opposition is saying exactly the opposite, saying the country is at war, the elections are a farce and there's no way to hold fair elections in such a position. they are intensifying their attacks on government po

jazeera only on al jazeera america >> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city, i'm david shuster, with a look at today's stories. flames and fighting are now the most intense since the crisis began. at the white house, president obama and german chancellor merkel, step up and threaten russia with more sanctions. >>> in afghanistan, a landslide burst thousands,. >>> and the economy is gaining steam. the unemployment rate drops to its lowest level in six years. the conflict in ukraine is getting worse. today the ukrainian army launched a preemptive attack on the eastern part of the country. those forces however armed with rocket launchers aimed an shooting down two helicopter pilots. when prowrg prowrgs pro-russian. >> purports to show what the residents are slovyansk and the pro-russian procrastinates who made the eastern city their base woke to at dawn. the ukrainian army launched what it described as a large scale antiterrorist operation. the apparent objective for now not to overrun the city but to form a blockade around it. some separ

children at work only on al jazeera america >> this is al jazeera america. with a look at today's top stories. nigeria's president called the abduction of 200 school girls a turning point, and as the demonstrations mount, he vows to break the group responsible for the attacks. in eastern ukraine, prorussian activists say they will go ahead with an independence referendum, to postpone it. in albuquerque new mexico, there's been another controversial and deadly shooting by police, activists are infour rated. and this is draft day, for the nfl. an openly gay defense event is on the verge of making history. >> nigeria's president declared his country will win the war against terror. the fact that the president made those remarks protected by a massive security operation, underscores what they now face. the number of people killed is now believed to exceed 300. the attack came near the boarder, and they targeted the village because forces were using it as a base to try and track the groups movements in the region. boko haram has already taken responsibility for t

al jazeera america. >> good evening to you and welcome to al jazeera america can i'm morgan radford. these are the top stories. a candy king in ukraine declares victory. and the pope calls for mid east peace in the holy land. these are the very first since president mohamed morsi was ousted last july. we begin tonight in ukraine where 35 million people took to the polls to leect new president. veteran politician and candy tycoon, petrro poroshenko. jackie roland has the story. >> these are not official figures. all the same three suggest strongly that the billionaire may be poised to win this election outright. >> translator: you see that all exit polls without exception were held by the most incredible, the country has a new president. >> reporter: rarely have ukrainians gone to the polls with such enthusiasm. long queues waiting for the casting of votes. >> translator: i expect life to be better. i expect peace and unity in the country. >> petro poroshenko, presents himself as a unifying candidate who can reconcile the east and the west of the country. pro-russian separatists say t

jazeera only on al jazeera america >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm david shuster with a look at today's top stories. following new violence in eastern ukraine, moscow and crimea, vladimir putin parades russia's military might. >>> nigeria, efforts arrive to help fight boko haram, the group alleged tclaim responsibility of

♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. hello and welcome to the news hour, it's good to have you here with us and i'm in doha and these are the top stories, ukraine defense minister says defeating separatist in the east will go on despite killing of a senior general. hundreds of syrians are leaving fearing a major battle is coming between troops and rebels and chaotic scene in north african territory and several people arrested linked to terrorism. >> i'm robin adams with the sport and l.a. clippers basketball team is set to go for record $2 billion and we have reaction and analysis coming up, later in the program. ♪ ukraine's president elect says the man responsible for killing a ukraine general and 13 other soldiers will not go unpunished and they were shot down on thursday and separatist fighters say they used machine guns in the attack but government says their weapons were much more advanced air defense missiles. this is david in donak for us and david what is happening there? >> reporter: well, the latest developme

. >> this is al jazeera. >>> welcome to the newshour life from al jazeera's international news in doha. these are the name stories we are covering this hour. seven european observers bred rebels in western ukraine. the scar on the hillside. 2000 were thought to have died in london. police are accused of trying to settle old scores as a leader is questioned for a 4th day. >> here with all of thespots. a the top and bottom of the english premier league and in spain, paying tribute to former barcelona tito. scomplafrnling now, seven military observers taken hostage in eastern ukraine a week ago have been freed by their rebel ca captors. five were released. the military is continuing defense in the east. pro-russian groups are calling for peace keepers to be sent to the area. al jazeera has teams across ukraine. paul brennan is standing by in the eastern city of donetsk. joan jonah hull, iwhat happens to them now that they have been released what happens to them next? >> reporter: perhaps not from the look of them when i saw them on the road side earlier on today, they looked rather tired,

. >> talk to al jazeera. >> only on al jazeera america. >> oh my! % >>> fast-food workers take a stand in the battle for better pay. we'll show you who is behind the worldwide protests and whether their demands can be met. and shareholders at a big restaurant chain has voted down a big pay package for the bosses. plus the energy boom is causing an explosive risk under the streets in our american cities. i'm "real money." ♪ >> this is "real money," and you are the most important part of the show, to tell us what is on your mine by tweeting at, and facebook.com. this was a day of protests in cities across america and around the world. hundreds of fast-food workers demanding higher pay walked off of their jobs. it was part of court -- coordinated one day strike. here in the united states labor organizers from the service employ international union join the protest to call for raising the minimum wage in this country to $15 an hour. right now the federal minimum wage is stuck at 7:25 an hour. president obama is calling on congress to raise the federal

>>> this is al jazeera. >>> hello and welcome to the al jazeera newshour. here are your top stories. jame obvious jacob zuma. the nigerian military sayst, and michelle obama calling for the release of the missing school girls. >> in these girls, barack and i see our own daughters. we see their hopes and their dreams, and we can only imagine the anguish their parents are feeling right now. >> in london with all of the latest in rome including decision time. people in eastern ukraine get ready for a crucial and c controversial refer endsum. >> medical records suggest an al jazeera journalist on hunger strike could die without urgent treatment. . >> the african national congress has officially been declared the winner in south africa's general election. the anc has fallen just short of a two-thirds minority taking 62% of that vote. it secured 249 seats in the national assembly, losing 15 seats. >> that's the lowest number its held in 20 years. leading opposition party, the democratic alliance, picked up less than a quarter of the votes but it actually made the

al jazeera, virg. one of paris's most famous museums is getting a slight makeover, the iconic entrance to the louvre will under go the first major upgrade in 25 years when the giant glass consult tour first opened to the public back in 1989, it was actually designed accommodate 4.5 million visitors a year. since then, attendance has more than doubled. >>> coming up on al jazeera america, we are able to see images like this one all because of the environment in the chilean desert. we will show you a brand-new telescope that will allow us to see so much more. if i told you that a free ten-second test could mean less waiting for things like security backups and file downloads you'd take that test, right? well, what are you waiting for? you could literally be done with the test by now. now you could have done it twice. this is awkward. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. >>> chile's desert is one of the best p