. >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrap-up of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weeknights on al jazeera america. >> other top stories here on al jazeera. more than 1100 people have been killed in one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit nepal in decades. the 7.8 magnitude quake was between kathmandu and pokahara. it caused an avalanche at mt. everesting killing ten people there. >> historic buildings flattened monuments among them, and they are a center part of nepal's tourist industry. >> a ridge history is etched into the architecture. nepal is situated between mainly hindu india and buddhist tibet. this is where both religions converge. it's known as the only hindu kingdom and revered as a birthplace of lord buddhist tibet atbuddha. foreigners come to see religious monuments that have stood for centuries. before parts of it were flattened in the earthquake, kathmandu's square looked lik

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al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrap-up of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weeknights on al jazeera america. >> a legal battle is underway to limit a power that the u.s. government has that very few people even know about. right now, all cell phone service in america can be shut down with the flip of a switch. some say it's necessary in case of a critical emergency like a terror attack. but as lisa stark explains critics say the program is too secretive. >> reporter: cell phones connect us to family and friends, to the internet, to the world. but what if suddenly the government cut off service? it's called the internet kill >> right. >> what is that? >> it's basically the ability to turn off cell phones and turn off the networks for anyone using a cell phone. >> reporter: the department of homeland security calls it standard operating procedure 3

theatre. >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrap-up of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weeknights on al jazeera america. welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories. a magnitude 6.7 aftershock hit nepal's kathmandu, a day after 2,000 were killed. >>> india is a country leading the international aid effort in nepal. the former indian ambassador described the difficulties getting help to survivors much. >> kathmandu is in a bowl in a valley surrounded by cities. most of the city are small lanes, like rabbit warrens. most of the buildings are not at all earthquake proof. they've not been built according to modern day norms of buildings. the difficulty therefore is not about relief material reaching nepal, the difficulty is they'll reach nepal, but from the airport. other points of collection, to get it out to other people. women, elderly, children, food, water, tents, milk and so on. that's a major

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themselves... >> people say their finally fed up... >> weeknights on al jazeera america primetime >> hospitals in the yemeni city of aden running out of crucial supplies. the fighting there rages on. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. >> i stand before you with profound sadness at a time of great sorrow for kenya. >> kenya's president addresses his mourning nation after al-shabab fighters killed 148 people at an university. >>> violence in australia as anti-islam protesters clash with rival demonstrators. >>> and the plan for these creatures to roam free in britain again for the first time in 1400 years. >> the u.n. security council is in a closed-door meeting to discuss the situation in yemen. they're debating a russian proposal to halt the fighting there and allow humanitarian aid to be brought in. first let's look at what is happening on the ground. the port city of aden has been the scene of intense fighting. much of it has centered around the crater district. and to the east lies the port city of mukalla on the outskirts of that town fighters linked to ali abdu