. >> 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

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