angeles, hackers are heading for hollywood. can the entertainment industry keep them out let s start with syria. government forces are report to have retaken a strategic town. 50km south-east of aleppo. it had been under the control of i.s.i.l. the government forces were supported by russian air strikes. u.n. says it s trying to track down 21 tonnes of aid which it tried to airdrop to civilians in daraa sore. trucks were unable to reach the town. it was surrounded by i.s.i.l.-controlled territory. al jazeera s diplomatic editor james bays reports from u.n. headquarters in new york. reporter: at the security council there was stinging criticism of the syrian regime. the u.n. s humanitarian chief told ambassadors the government had delayed deliveries to the besieged town and blacked until now assistance. the number, scope and complexity of euro accuratic and other obstacles is in the path of aid delivers, it s staggering. he appeared to have one rare bit of good news.
crisis in madagascar put society s vulnerable at risk of exploitation. rebels fought out of their stronghold in the democratic republic of congo stand accused of committing atrocities during their retreat. the military pushed m23 rebels from the eastern town of bunagana near uganda in the past few days. troops say they discovered bodies in freshly dug graves. malcolm webb, al jazeera, has this report from rumanagabo in the eastern drc. this patch of push next to a former m23 rebel base likes bike any other. something more sinister lies within. the soldier leads us to the body of a man laying in a shallow grave. he clearly died recently. the smell is unpleasant. it looks like he was tied up with his arms behind his back and legs died together at the moment he died. there s blood coming from his head. it looks like he was executed. nearby soldiers in villages say four more bodies were visible in the hole before rain buried them in mud. there are many more throughout the sur
junk scavenging with disabled relatives - how some you are forced to survive. i m kath turner in new york. the new york city marathon after two events - hurricane sandy, and the boston marathon. . welcome to al jazeera. a bangladeshy court sentenced to death a leader based in the u.k. al jazeera spoke to chowdhury mueen-uddin, and he denied any involvement in the killings in 1971. he s been sentenced to death in his absence, by a court in the capital dakar, alongside ashrafuz zaman khan, who lives in the u.s. here is what chowdhury mueen-uddin told us in july. i was not involved in any criminal activities in 71 or since. i was not supporting military action. i resigned my political post. rob reynolds has more from outside the court in dakar. the war crimes trials in dakar which have been going on for several months created divisions in bangladesh. you have the ruling party, led by prime minister sheikh hasina. she says, and her supporters say, that this is a long o
secretary of state. i m kath turner in new york where officials are battling two unprecedented events - hurricane sandy, and the two boston marathon bombings. let s take you straight to cairo, where the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is holding a press conference with the egyptian foreign minister. i believe that we are listening to nazar speaking. . we believe that they are important for egypt. we d like to further enhance this relationship in the interests of both countries, based on the priorities of each country. this afternoon, mr secretary, you are due to meet with the president and general abdul fatah al-sisi. for our part here at the foreign ministerry, we held constructive, frank and detailed construction of various issues and discussed how to move things forward in the interests of both countries. i affirm egypt s desire to have good and point of view relationship with the united states, based on our own priorities. translation: we ll open the floor for q
secretary of state john kerry is in the middle east. his 9-day tour kicks off in israel, jordan and saudi arabia. first a meeting in egypt, a major step towards starting peace talks designed to stop a civil war in syria. sue turton has the latest from cairo. it s merging that the discussions with nabil fahmy, the egyptian foreign minister, and john kerry, included a situation in regards to syria. we are hearing out of the arab league there was an emergency meeting of foreign minister resist this evening, egyptian time. the egyptian foreign minister will present a vision, initiative that the u.s. and egyptians discussed. if initiative is regarding the geneva ii convention - we know that they are trying to get all parties around the table later on in november, to try to come to some sort of political diplomatic halt to the violence that is going on in syria. apparently they have come up with a plan, a vision. this vision will be presented to all of the various foreign minis