neave barker has that story. >> as the line moves north certain dangers remain. many land mines have been placed by houthi rebels and their supporters, here in the dasad district of aden the conflict has moved on but life is far from safe. this car was thrown into the air by a powerful blast. progovernment troops have now sealed off entire neighborhoods. >> translator: with discovered antitank mines, we will continue our operation to clear land mines from this area. >> reporter: pro-government forces have defused land mines. >> we need tools food and uniforms, weapons and everything. engineers have not been provided with basic needs. >> reporter: this brother and sister were seriously injured in a land mine explosion. the same blast killed five members of their family. an elder relative tells what happened. >> translator: they were hit by a land mine on the way home to the village. a mother, son and three daughters were killed, two others were injured. >> officials in aden say they're struggling with the threat posed by land mines. they are callings on the saudi-

neave barker reports. >> reporter: for half a century he was a guard i don't know of palmyras ancient roman ruins. it's here where the 82 year old is believed to have been beheaded by the islamic state of iraq and the levant. palmyras ancient buildings drew tourists from around the world. as head of antiques, he oversaw years of research and restoration at the world heritage site, gaining international recognition. >> he was so much involved in part of the city and the culture and archeology of that place that he would live and die there if need be, and heed by pay the ultimate site. >> reporter: fighting between syrian rebels and government forces peppered the ancient building with bullet holes, and then after capturing the site from government forces, isil arrived. he stayed in palmyra to help evacuate the museum's invaluable contents, buzz was taken host taij and reportedly interrogated. isil has destroyed hundreds of sites across syria and iraq, sledge hammers and power drills have been used to ruin priceless artifacts. some fragments of human history have been successfully smuggl

neave barker, al jazeera. >>> most of the migrants arriving in europe are escaping the war in syria, but the second largest group are eritreans, despite there being no war or humanitarian disaster in that country. yet thousands are risking their lives to seek refuge in ethiopia. >> reporter: there is no let upin the steady stream of eritreans who flee from their country. this heavily disputed border is becoming a favorite route for them. we found this family at one of 20 crossings on the northern border ethiopia has with eritrea. they say they had to walk for three days to get here. >> translator: life has become unbearable. i never wanted to leave my country. i'm sample sheperd, but the government officials kept harassing me. >> reporter: the u.n. says at least 300 arrive every day. most of those flees eritrea are young people who say they want to avoid conscription, a come pulse air exercise for both men and women who finish school. it is supposed to last just 18 months, many are forced to suffer decades. thomas is 21. he has been trying to get south after eritrea since he was 14.

neave barker, al jazeera. >> severe weather caused a landslide in the argentina town of tokopea. >>> one of the main activists searching for the 43 mexican students kid nached is dead. miguel angel ji jimenez,. jimenez blank blanco was shot is taxicab. >> the only concern we have now is for family he left behind. he left his children and wife and they'll need support. this happens to everyone calling for change in our country. >>> rwanda's intelligence chief who was wanted for genocide a warrant eeshed for his arrest. he ordered the killing of three spanish medical volunteers in 1997. one of 40 senior rwandans accused of war crimes. rwanda had condemned his arrest as an outrage and called for his release. >>> at least one person has been killed in fighting in eastern ukraine. residents say the shelling has best fied there in recent weeks. pro-russian separatists and the ukrainian military accuse each other of targeting residential neighborhoods. >>> migrants rescued, hundreds more were saved by the italian coast guard over the weekend. found just north of the libyan coast and brought

neave barker, al jazeera. >> the hunt continues for the main person believed responsible in monday's deadly bombing in bangkok, that killed 20 people and injured more than 100. thai police now believe he did not act alone and are looking for two more people. scott heidler has the latest from bangkok. >> this is the man thai police are hunting for in connection with the shrine attack. they issued an arrest warrant saying he appeared to be a foreigner. they are offering a $28,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. his image is shown on tv and constant figure on social media but police don't think he worked alone. two different suspects have been identified in closed circuit tv of the bomb site. >> we will make a conclusion who they are and their identity and nationality. but at the moment these pieces from the bombs are seemingly coming from our own country. >> he added that the physical evidence could reveal signatures that could help them pinpoint where the bomb was made. at this stage of the investigation they're not ruling anything out spaicial when it comes to the motiv

neave barker reports. >> for half a century, he was a guardian of palmyra's ancient roman ruins. it is here where the 82-year-old academic was believed to be beheaded by the islamic state of iraq and the levant. ancient buildings and amphitheater drew tourists from around the world. as head of antiquities he oversaw world of research, and gaining national recognition. >> he was so much involved in part of the city and part of the culture and the history and the archaeology of that place that he would live there and die there if need be and he did pay the ultimate price. >> reporter: in better days assad showed foreign dig fridays around the site. then the war came to palmyra. forces peppered the ancient buildings with bullet holes and then after capturing the site from government forces i.s.i.l. arrived. assad stayed in palmyra to help evacuate the valuable contents but was taken hostage and reportedly interrogated. i.s.i.l. has destroyed thousands of sites across the middle east. fragments of human history have been successfully smuggled out of the conflict zone but it's not kno

but as neave barker reports, a number of newly released refugees in the big city. >> just hours after being freed from the detention camp deep in the negev desert. 1200 people have been remained in the last two days, but to various parts of israel. under their release terms former inmates are banned from living and working in two israeli cities, including tel aviv. those arrested insist that they were passing through the city to other towns. the resort city is also off limits, and the mayor has promised to stop refugees from entering. suleiman spent 18 months in camp. he escaped fighting in darfur. he's now banned from returning. >> i'm not allowed to go to work where i live. if i'm caught then i will be returned here immediately. i don't know where to go. the minute you leave here that's it. >> 1700 people have been detained here under israel's so-called anti-infiltration law. some people for as long as 20 months. now the supreme court has ordered the release of anyone held more than a year, but only under strict terms that limit their options. 1200 inmates have been freed but under

neave barker, al jazeera. >> new allegations of rape by u.n. peace keepers have emerged. the families of three young women say that the women were raped by members of the militia contingent. >>> well, with more on this, al jazeera's kristen saloomey joins us live from new york. this is the latest in a series of allegations made against peace keepers in the central african republic. tell us more about these new claims? >> well, as you said, south sudan has been criticized heavily with misconduct over the la lethe last three months. we know that the rapes were reported by their families to the mission on the very same day that ban ki-moon fired the head of minusca. and he did so when he fired the head of the mission, ban ki-moon was citing instances of peace keepers killing armed civilians and allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl. the latest allegation in a string of allegations. some 60 total leveled at u.n. peace keepers. so clearly a troubled mission. on this latest incident we don't have a lot of information, but have a listen to what the spokesperson for the general sec

neave barker, al jazerra. >>> the head of the u.s. environmental protection agency has taken responsibility for a major tox spill in come. sledge from a gold mine hit local streams as workers accidently released it last week, parts of neighboring colorado and new mexico have been declared disaster medicals. my college is about 11 come teres from where it all started. >> reporter: that is the gold king mine. >> reporter: i am in the confluence of the animus river and cement creek. it was here last week in those hills over there where millions of leaders of toxic sludge suddenly emerged. they flooded down the creek in to the river. that amazing plume of neon toxic material moving downstream. it is still moving downstream. it moved through colorado, it hit new mexico. in to utah. it's still heading to the grand canyon. however it no learning looks neon it's been heavily diluted but there are still questions as to how toxic it is ask & what the long-term effects are. interesting here in colorado, from the governor downwards they were very

neave barker reports. >> reporter: it's a scene of panic and desperation. 1500 migrants were gathered in long queues to be processed. but after a long wait in the heat, scuffles started. a man collapses on the ground. this woman begins to lose consciousness. there are children here too. only handful of police were on duty to carry out the registration and keep control. they were quickly overwhelmed. give us papers, they chant. many migrants have been camping in the main town's parks and squares. they are frustrated at how long it is taking to process their documents. it's an anxious wait to know whether they can stay in europe or have to leave. >> i don't have money, please help me. i want to go! i don't want to stay in greek. i want to go to europe. >> i can't say we are in europe. i say we are in third-world countries. no toilets, no water. people have been waiting for more than ten days. is this europe? if this is europe? we're going back to syria. >> reporter: the greek government, charity groups and local people are struggling to help the migrants. every day more arrive in boat l

neave barker reports. >> reporter: it's a scene of panic and desperation. 1500 migrants were gathered in long queues to be processed. after a long wait in the heat, scuffles started. a man collapsed on the ground. this woman begins to lose consciousness. there are children here too. only a handful of police were on duty to carry out the demonstration. they were overwhelmed. give us papers, they chant. many migrants and costs have been camping in the parks and squares. they are frustrated at how long it's taking to protest the documents. it's an anxious way to know whether they can stay in europe. >> i want to go. i don't want to stay. i want to go. >> i can't say we are in europe. i say we are in a thirdly world country, no toilets, no water. what can i say, if this is europe, we are going back to syria. the greek groups and people are struggling to help the migrants. every day more arrive in boat headlines from nearby turkey. for many, escaping war in syria and afghanistan, arriving in cos was meant to be a new life. for many, the doors remain closed. >> poland agreed to accept 2,000

neave barker reports. >> reporter: it's a scene of panic and desperation. 1500 migrants gathered in long queues to be processed. after a long wait in the heat, scuffles started. a man collapses on ground. >> this woman begins to lose consciousness. there are children here too. only a handful were on duty to carry out the registration and keep control. they were quickly overwhelmed. "give us papers", they chant. many migrants have been camping in the main town's parks and squares. they are frustrated at how long it's taking to process the documents. it's an anxious wait to whether they can stay in europe, or have to leave. >> i want to go. i don't want to stay. i want to go. >> we can't stay in europe. i say we are in ha third world country - no toilets, no water. people have been waiting more than 10 days. if this is europe, we go back to syria. >> the greek government, charity groups and local people are struggling to help the migrants. every day more arrive in boat headlines from nearby turkey. for many, escaping war in syria and afghanistan, arriving here was meant to be the start of

neave barker, al jazeera. >> allegations of rape by peace keepers in the central african republic have emerged. >>> gabriel elizondo is in new york, tell us more about these latest allegations, gabe. >> well, the peacekeeping mission in the central african republic thrown into more turmoil with this unexpected announcement by an u.n. spokesperson within the last hour. details of these alleged rapes are not fully known yet, but what we do know is allegations apparently came to light last week when the relatives of three young women came forward to u.n. officials to say that they're--that three young girls were apparently allegedly raped by peace keepers in the central african republic, at least one of the three girls apparently is a minor under 18 years old. this apparently took place in a town 350 kilometers outside of bangui. again, the details are still coming to light as the investigation moves forward. let's listen to what an u.n. spokesperson had to say just a few minutes ago. >> on the central african republic, the u.n. mission there said this morning that a new series of disturb

neave barker reports. >> reporter: it's a scene of panic and desperation. 1500 migrants were gathered in long queues to be processed. but after a long wait in the heat, scuffles started. a man collapses on the ground. this woman begins to lose consciousness. there are children here too. only a handful of police were on duty to carry out the registration and keep control. they were quickly overwhelmed. give us papers, they chant. many migrants on k.o. s have been camping in the main town's parks and squares. they are frustrated at how long it's take to go process their documents. it's an anxious wait. >> i don't have money, please, help me i want to go. i don't want to say in grease, i want to go. >> i can't say we are in europe. i think we are in third world countries. no toilets, no water. people have been waiting for more than 10 days. what can i say? is this europe? if this is europe, we are going back to syria. >> reporter: the greek government charity groups and local people are struggling to help the migrants. every day more arrive in boat loads from nearby turkey. for many migr

goes 124,000 people have arrived on eastern island since the beginning of this year as neave barker reports. >> reporter: it's the scene of panic and desperation. 1500 migrants were gathered in long queues to be processed. but after a long wait in the heat, scuffles started. a man collapses on the ground. this woman begins to lose consciousness. there are children here too. only a handful of police were on duty to carry out the registration and keep control. they were quickly overwhelmed. give us papers they chant. many migrants on kos have been camping in the main town's camps and squares. they are frustrated at how long it's taking to process their documents. it's an anxious wait to know whether they can stay in europe or have to leave. >> i don't have have money please, help me i want to go. i don't want to stay in greece. i want to go to europe. >> i can't say we are in europe. i say we are in third world country. no toilets, no water. people have been waiting for more than 10 days. what can i say? is this europe? if this is europe we are going back to syria. >> reporter: the greek gove

neave barker explains. >> a decade later the o the orbiter continues to circle the red planet. but it is not alone. five other orbiters have made the journey to mars, and nasa has three more spacecraft circling the planet. the or bitter launched in 2001. and the maven or bitter to studies the upper atmosphere. then there is the spacecraft that is no longer working. the european space agency has the mars express. and india launched it's o orbit er two years ago. as the exploration of mars intensifies safety precautions are also expected to increase. >> still to come on al jazeera, the dirty secret that lies behind the centuries old polan poland's city. an grab grab >> [crowd chanting] hell no gmo. >> reporting from the city that is trying to clear the air over its pollution. >> there are reasons to clear the air. but when the weather turns cold, the air fills with a thick toxic smog. >> it stinks. it's dirty. you know, this smog goes down to the street. krakaw during winter everything is dirty. everything is fate. >> household chimneys send out toxic filth that hangs over the va

more from neave barker. >> reporter: for half a country this man was a guardian of the ancient roman ruins. it's here with the 82 year old was believed to have been beheaded by the isil. he oversaw years of research at the international site. >> he was so much involved in part of the city and culture and history and ark -- arc olg of that place. >> reporter: fighting between syrian rebels and government forces peppered the ancient buildings with bullet holes. and then after capturing the site from government forces, isil arrived. he stayed in palmyra to help evacuate the museum's invaluable contents but was taken hostage. isil has destroyed hundreds of historical sites. sledge hammers and power drills have been used to ruin priceless artifacts. some fragments of human history have been smuggled out, but it's not known how much damage has been caused. it is believed that some artifacts have been sold on the black market to help finance their campaign. this video shows 25 men in a packed theater, before their apparent execution. and now the beheading of a renuned archeologist who devot

neave barker, al jazeera. >>> thousands of syrians are continuing to leave the country. many are entering the european union by crossing from turkey to europe. on tuesday six syrian refugees drowned when their boat overturned and on monday around 20 were rescued. the syrians are now being taken to northern greece and from there it's a bus journey to the border. this has become a regular site as people wait to board trains to macedonia. the biggest crowds form in the morning. once across the border, it's another train. this time through serbia, towards hungary. the red cross estimates as many as 200 crowd these trains every day. our correspondent jonah hull has more from kos on the refugee's desperate journeys. >> reporter: they keep on coming well into the daylight hours of the morning as we saw. for many it's a fairly short and direct journey. that's the turkish shore behind me, but others find themselves adrift at the mercy of the currents, hoping for rescue. it comes down in many cases to a question of money. if you have got money, then you can afford to pay more to t

is this as neave barker said - wishful thinking altogether or would it be a boom to the economy, not quite what abdul fatah al-sisi has been promising. >> he's promising it will change the world and increase global commerce if you think of the technicalities of what it takes. the canal expanded from 10-15km, and reduced the bottle neck and so ships, for example, moving south - their wait time was 14 hours, now it's 11. though time is money in the shipping industry the major change is not significant. >> some estimates are waits are longer, and it will allow for 2-way traffic and larger ships so that all that can bring money to egypt. >> not the larger ships, but in terms of economic outfit it's based on a global economic growth in terms of trade of 9%. the world has not seen growth of 9% in one year. realistically speak, global trade grows 2% a year. the projected revenue of moving canal's revenue from $5 billion to 13 billion is based on an inflated expectation. >> and has been little growth since 2008 in the suez canal revenues and the reality is part of the problem is that the uni

neave barker, al jazeera. >>> plenty of news ahead for you. egypt's president in moscow, trying to court russian favor and investments. >>> china's interest rate cut fails to restore confidence. >>> and the reputation of kenyan athletics is called into question again, as two runners fail drug tests at the world championships. ♪ >>> we're looking at yemen now, where saudi arabia says its troops have crossed into the country. they have attacked houthi positions in the southern province. hashem ahelbarra with the latest. >> reporter: these are the first saudi soldiers to move into yemen. they have taken over mountainous areas, and hills overlooking the southern region. but saudi military commanders say the incursion is just for a short period of time. shia rebels insist they still have the means to fight back. this is a hue than commander storming a saudi military post along the border with yemen. the soldiers seized the building after heavy clashes. they are seen here blowing up military vehicles before leaving the area. moments later, a saudi

neave barker has more. >> reporter: it's a scene of panic and desperation. 1500 migrants were gathered until long queues to be processed. but after a long wait in the heat. scuffles started. a man collapses on the ground. this woman begins to lose consciousness. there are children here too. only a handful of police were on duty to carry out the registration and type control. they were quickly overwhelmed. give us papers, they chant. many migrants have been camping in the mountain's parks and squares. they are frustrated at how long it's taking to process their documents. it's an anxious wait to know whether they can stay in europe or have to leave. >> i don't have money, please, help me. i want to go. i don't want to stay in greece. i want to go. >> i can't say we are in europe. i say we are in third world country. no toilets, no water. people have been waiting for more than 10 days. what can i say, is this europe? if this is europe, we g we are g back to syria. >> reporter: the government, charities and local people are struggling to help the migrants. every day mor more arrive in bot