Back tourists. Its been a week since a magnitude 7. 8 earthquake hit nepal and the death toll continues to rise. More than 6600 are confirmed dead and thousands injured. Rescue teams are still searching the rubble looking for survivors or bodies. The cost makes up 10 billion and towns are yet to be reached to check ton devastation there. Aid has been slow to arrive. Until now in terms of cash weve received only 4 million. We have not received any penny beyond that. But we are hoping that we be able to mount as much as 4. 8 billion. Valerie amos tells al jazeera we have made some progress. I was very concerned in the beginning, it is always like that at a marriage major crisis like this. It is a terrible tragedy. Accordancecoordination is a major issue we have one major airport with one runway. How we organize ourselves and how all the different teams that have come in are best able to make maximum use of their skill and expertise, is the thing that we have been working on. Just in the
Pakistani regime. The Italian Coast Guard says it has rescued a further 228 migrants in two separate operations as europe continues to struggle with the ongoing crisis. Meanwhile, an Italian Court has ordered two suspects to remain in jail. They were he at at the helm of the migrant ship that capsized. Barnaby phillips reports. Mohamed ali malik from tunisia says he was only a passenger on the boat. Other survivors say he was the boats captain. But even if guilty he will surely only be a small cog in the huge business of taking desperate people across the mediterranean. We traveled to syracuse, they are bored frustrate planning their next move. We spoke to julia who works for a charity inside. She is from syracuse, never imagined she would be an aid worker in her home town. People dying in the sea is very we cannot stand it. Its crazy. I mean, people should have the right to move, to ask for asylum and so what, it is not possible to die just because they need to escape from war or pove
Looks to continue his familys 48year rule. And we take you to a coastal community. We begin in nepal where an earthquake has hit the capital. Houses have collapsed. Historic temples have been leveled. We go to the full extent of the damage. The earthquake rocks central nepal in the area of katmandu and the city of pokhara. It also shook bangladeshs capital dhaka. We have reporters covering the story from kathmandu in new delhi, but first Nicole Johnston has the latest from this report. Its the most powerful earthquake in nepal in decades. People describe waves after waves of tremors. The army is sifting through the rubble brick by brick looking for signs of life as well bodies. The number of People Killed is rapidly increasing. Hundreds of bodies have been recovered. People are trap in the rubles in the ministry the destruction. Kathmandu is full of narrow winding lanes. And 19th center tower has been knocked down. At least 16 bodies have been pulled out. Around 2. 5 Million People liv
So to nepal first of all magnitude 7. 5 earthquake has struck 80kilometers east of the town of. [ inaudible ] the epicenter of the quake half that way between there and the captain kathmandu where there are reports some some buildings have collapsed. Tremors felt as far as away as new delhi and other parts of india. On the line more about what you know. Reporter well, i am walking around. The entire ground was shaking. [ inaudible ] on the floor. [ inaudible ] we could see earlier just clouds. And the trembling we can still feel tremors occasionally. We are feeling conversations people having conversations kids are trapped in buildings. But we havent been able to go to those places yet. Is this a part of the world which gets a lot of tremors . Are you used to this sort of thing there . Reporter sorry, i didnt quite catch you. Just wondering if this is a part of the world where you get a lot of earthquakes or tremors a lot of the time . [ inaudible ] by earthquakes need 34 is where we h
Withdraw. The Italian Coast Guard says it has rescued a further tw 28 migrants228migrants. Meanwhile an Italian Court has ordered two superintendents to remainsuspects to remainin jail. They were at the helm of the boat that capsized. Barnaby phillips reports. Mohamed ali malik from tunisian yah says he was only a passenger, other survivors say he was the boats captain. But even if guilty he would surely only be a small cog in the huge business of taking desperate people across the mediterranean. We traveled osyracuse to syracuse, bored frustrateplanning their next move. We were not allowed into this Reception Center but we spoke to julia who works for a charity inside. Shes from syracuse and never imagined she would be an aid worker in her home town. People dying in the sea is they we cannot stand it. Its crazy. I mean people should have the right to move to ask for asylum. Its not possible to die just because of the need to escape from war or poverty. I immediate sara and saod from e