. >> fighting in the yemen capital puts a peace deal with the houthi rebels in doubt. hello. i'm david foster, you're watching al jazeera. also coming up in the next 30 minutes - afghanistan's rival presidential candidates sign a power sharing deal after months of bickering over election results. publicity stunt or public

health necessity. volunteers defend sierra leone's ebola lockdown in its final day. >> you look at the smoke resulting from air strikes and you see shapes as well. >> we meet the artist whose art is inspired by the conflict in gaza. a report has been reaching us at al jazeera of a huge explosion and smoke rising above a hospital in sanaa. there has been renewed fighting despite a deal reached by the government and shia houthi rebels on saturday. more from victoria gaetan by >> reporter: the u.n. brokered deal holds a promise of peace. many worry that it will not last. in the latest fighting between shia rebels and houthi forces will not inspire confidence.

it comes 24 hours after a peace process was announced. >> translation: after intense consultations with all political parties, including the houthis, we reached an agreement based on the results of the national dialogue. we are making preparations for the signing. it will push for the process of change, and strengthen national participation security and stability in the country. >> reporter: the houthis said the deal would be signed quickly. >> translation: there's a good consensus and agreement on a number of points. we hope there'll be a deal. protesters were targeted. the state has not done anything. people had to resort to defense. >> over the last few days senna witnessed some of the worst fighting with clashes around the state television station and

other government buildings. the houthi offensive started in the north, they surged south, taking a string of important cities before reaching the capital. in sanaa, supporters formed mass demonstrations, demanding an ib cluesive government and cuts to prices. the real goal of them is said to be to rule yemen. the recent fighting is the biggest challenge to a democracy challenge. a peace deal may have been agreed to, but will it hold. off air we have seen continued shelling in sanaa, and the correspondent of hours in the yemeni capital telling us 30 minutes ago that tanks were driven around the streets by houthi rebels, taken from the yemeni armed forces and jets were flying overhead.

let's try to uppaying with our correspondent hashem ahelbarra, who is recently back from yemen. >> you have seen the deal, what do you think is the most important and difficult to enforce? >> the most important is that something needs to be done, with a national unity government, where the houthis have representation, and a new advisor will be appointed, who should be a houthi. these people have to be given a voice. implementation of pulling out from the capital, and disarming the houthis will be delicate. it will take time. >> if a ceasefire comes into place, and if talks begin, some of the five or six points that we have, if they come into place. what about the other groups. what will they say, if you deal with the houthis - what about us? >> this is a problem faced. they will stay it took the houthis weeks to be pushed into

concessions. this is something that might radicalize people in the movement. it will create problems for the government. it has a few months before it drafts a new constitution. we are talking about loads of problems. >> let me run through a few points that you have learnt about. >> fuel prices to be cut. the president have a say. key ministries. a federation plan to be reviewed. some kind of outon my in the north. maybe they want a province, and the routies to pull out from the capital. >> yes. i think this will be the biggest problem. houthis, when i talked to the houthi leaders, they told me this "we want the capital,

amran, sadder, and others as one province, then they assure they'll have an uncontested houthi leader." in is something the president will not give in to. that will give them a lot of authority and power. it remains to be seen whether the international community will help them on this. bulling out and disarming - i don't think it will happen. >> i want your assessment on whether this will be realistic or whether it will happen are there's a massive amount of misfrust with the government -- miss trust with the goment. do they mill they may be double-crossed? >> i think so. with the houthis, the party in power is their arch enemy. they don't trust the party or the political establishment. i don't think they'll overcome the obstacles in the near future. >> thank you. hashem ahelbarra. two people have been killed

in an explosion in the jacob shapro capital. among the -- in the egyptian capital. among the dead a state police officer. the foreign ministry blast wounded six others, all of whom were soldiers. egypt's security forces have come under a number of attacks since the ousting of president mohamed mursi. al jazeera is unable to report inside egypt, because our journalists have been gaoled there. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been detained for 267 days, falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera demands their immediate release. well in his first interview with foreign media since tak office, the melissa chan presiden had this to say about their confinement. >> translation: i have said this before. na if i had been responsible hat the time, it would not have gone

this far. i would have deported them. now the case is in the hands of the judiciary system. the united nations is saying that 70,000 syrian kurds crossed into turkey in 24 hours, forced to run for their lives by the advances made by fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant, i.s.i.l. it took over a number of kurdish villages in northern syria. we have this report. >> walking for miles with only a few possessions they could carry. thousands left their homes since turkey opened their borders on friday, fleeing an offensive by the islamic state of iraq and levant in nearby syria. men, women and children struggled to make the journey to safety. >> translation: we left our homes, we were close to the fighting. the situation is not safe. we feared for our safety. we came here. >> yi.s.i.l. seized dozens of

villages and have been pushing into a town in the far north of aleppo. the unhcr said it's stepping up with effort to help turkey cope with the people escaping the fighting. tensions rose as authorities temporarily close the border. some remained at the checkpoint waiting to see what happened. others prefer to cross over, and join the thousands displaced. a few were lucky enough to find relatives. they, too, were anxious about their future. >> even though we managed to escape, we can't stay here forever. >> the kurdistan workers party has renewed the call to arms to protect the border region. it stated:

until recently, the turkish government and the kurdish minority fought a bloodied civil war that killed thousands. a show of solidarity could be seen as a show of how i.s.i.l. could be shifting allegiances. afghanistan's two presidential candidates signed a power sharing agreement. ashraf ghani will be president and abdullah abdullah will choose the chief executive. a role similar to the prime minister. jennifer glasse reports. the two rivals partners. side by side they sign a deal giving afghanistan a unity government. with the president sharing power with a newly created role of chief executive. it took weeks. >> translation: may god bless

you with success and pros pertity so you can be in the service of the african nation. so we can continue with a happy and stable life in our country. >> the two parties share the ministries and government positions in the new administration. >> today is a mix of good and bad news. the good news is it's an end to a political crisis. the bad news is a huge setback to democracy. >> some afghans - unity government is not the answer they were looking for. >> we are disappointed. it was not our votes that decided this. they could have made a deal six months ago. >> the political stalemate inflamed the economy. one of the first tasks is signing a security agreement for forces to remain in afghanistan

to train and support afghan troops. the new government will face a number of challenges, they are dependent on international aid. corruption is widespread and the political process left many afghans suspicious of politicians. they want a government to unite them and put the economy back on its feet. it's been derided by a rights group as a publicity stunt. but sierra leone's lockdown against ebola is in its final day. thousands of health workers and volunteers are going door to door to identify patients and educate residents. the fire us killed more than 560 people in sierra leone, and more than 2600 across that part of africa. doctors say they are struggling to treat patients because of a lack of medical supplies. volunteers involved insist it has been a success. >> people are cooperating and from this morning we have been

working with people in houses. it will come. they listen. they promise that they'll help. >> we are still - desensitisation has to continue, that ebola is real, it kills, and they must take all protective measures, you know, from the minister of health. we have to accept that, and make sure we believe. because the reason why the ebola is spreading in sierra leone, is because of denial. >> those that test positive for ebola are being taken to an isolation center, an hour outside the capital of sierra leone, free down. a larger 120 bed treatment center close to the city admitted patients on saturday. doctors say it is essential to identify and treat patients as soon as possible. >> isolation units are important because at the moment there are a lot of cases or suspected cases in the community who f

they are not isolated could potentially infect those around them, their family. if we open up more isolation unit, it provide a place for them to go, to be tested. if positive, to go on to the treatment centers that are available. >> stay with us. it's an i don't remember on, kenya remembers the victims of the westgate shopping mall siege. plus... prime agricultural land in pakistan left swamped by the flood zone.

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you're watching al jazeera, these are the headlines this hour. explosions are being heard across the yemeni capital sanaa. military jets and tanks have been deployed. the government and houthi rebels are fighting despite plans to sign a peace deal on sunday. afghanistan's two rival presidential candidates signed a power sharing agreement to end months of political stalemate. ashraf ghani will be the president. abdullah abdullah will choose the new chief executive, the equivalent of prime minister. it's the final day of sierra leone's lockdown to curb the spread of ebola. thousands of volunteers are still going door to door to educate the 6 million residents, and to find patients. those testing positive with the virus are being taken to an isolation center near freetown. >> exactly a year ago, al-shabab

fighters attacked a high end shopping mall in kenya's capital nairobi, killing 67 people in the course of the next few days. questions remain about what exactly happened. katherine sawyer reports. >> it was as dramatic as it was lethal. by the end of the four day siege at the westgate mall, there was death, injuries and destruction. the mall stood but inside it was ruins. a year later rachel is about to get a prosthetic foot. this is what a hand grenade did it her right leg. >> i'm recovering day by day. it's not been an easy journey since i lost my husband, 2012, on november 9th, after 14 days of marriage. >> at the mall's rooftop, a cooking show was going on when attackers arrived. most of those that diet were women and children.

it was an open space and there was nowhere to hide. >> this man lost his mother and tinage son, who were at -- teenage son who were at the cooking show. at this exhibition to mark the anniversary he is still to understand why they had to die and has doubts about who murdered them. >> i don't think so. i feel in my mind that i don't think the guys - they came to die, but were they killed, not killed - no one nose? >> reporter: the police say the gunmen were killed. government information about the siege has been contradictory and scanty at best. >> survivors, and those that lost their loved ones at the westgate maul are struggling to find closure. a year on, there's no official act of what happened. what people know is what they've been able to peace together from footage in the mall, and

conspiracy theories. >> different security measures appeared uncoordinated, and there appeared to be a fall out between the police and military. in this era of terrorism, security forces cannot afford to slip up. >> the issue of terrorism is a new phenomena. a new threat. so i think they can - they must have a programme what they are going to uplift or build. >> the truth about what really happened inside the mall in those four days may never be known. for now, survivors, some of whom waited for hours to get help in what was a death trap, and those that lost people they loved want to remember and honour the dead. and hope that their names will never be forgotten. investigators of the crash of an airalgearie plane are no

closer to determining the cause. it went down in mali after takeoff. all 116 on board were killed. half of the dead were french. >> ukraine says it will not be pulling back the troops from a buffer zone until all sides, including russia implement a ceasefire deal. ukranian forces and pro-russian separatists exchange 40 prisoners north of the donetsk region. international observers monitored the swap which forms part of the 9 point memorandum. ukraine's foreign minister pavlo klimkin spoke to al jazeera about the importance of maintaining the ceasefire. >> we have to get back law and order to the people of don esk and luhansk, because they are absolutely fed up on the

developments on killing people, taking hostages. can you imagine thousands, not just hundreds because of the conflict. it's not just about amnesty, it's terminology use. it's about freeing from criminal responsibility. only those who have not committed capital crimes. flooding devastated pakistan's punjab province and the past agricultural region. it's described as the breadbasket of the country. crops are underwater. food prices are rising. we have this report from nicole johnson. >> reporter: it's a terrible year to own a cotton factory. first the rain, heavy and out of season. it knocked the plants around and

damaged the quality of the cotton. then the floods hit, washing away a third of the crop, taking with it 40% of the business's profits. >> because of the damage we are getting less raw material. it is costing us a fortune. the country is barely running 12 hours a day. we do not have enough cotton. from the air you see the extent of the damage. farms, factories and villages flooded when the government diverted water from rural areas. >> around 7,000 square kilometres of the agricultural land is under water. everything from fruit and vege table to rice and sugar. fruit prices are going up, the worry is there won't be enough basic supplies to feed people. this farmer, a lawyer and politician says the cost of some food items doubled, even

tripling. >> from the farm to the markets, food stuffs are not coming. crops are destroyed. this will have a demand and supply impact, and in the short run, 3-6 months, we feel there'll be a 20-25% inflation in the food basket et. >> for farmers it's a catastrophe. they have nothing. no farmers, no homs. they are living on irrigation dykes. the landlord says it's the worst flood he has seen. >> poor labourers are in crisis. the families are in crisis. we need a huge compensation package from the government. then we can rebuild the houses and infrastructure. if the government doesn't help, we'll be leading hand to mouth. >> reporter: the flood turned

farms to lakes. except see if there's anything worth catching. iraqi fighters who are battling i.s.i.l. south of baghdad say they don't need help from the u.s. with air strikes. shia groups are pushing to reclaim some areas. the iraqi army operated in the area trying to cut off an i.s.i.l. supply route. >> translation: the last statement of muqtada al-sadr is clear, wherever air strikes hit, from the u.s., they'll withdraw. >> turkey fired water canon and tear gas to dispel syrian kurds, in solidarity with the fighters on the syrian side of the border. 45 peacekeepers were

released after being taken from the syrian side of the golan heights. this report on why fiji provides u.n. with more soldiers per capita than any other country. >> reporter: this woman was talking to her husband, he stood up. >> he said something happened,ihappened,ed need you to be strong. >> he and 44 other peacekeepers had been kidnapped by members of the al nusra front. they were held for two weeks before she got another call. all 45 peacekeepers had been released. her husband lost weight. he was free. >> i shouted and cried. and then the tears came out. the neighbours came to my house. they thought something bad had happened. when i told them the good news

that he had been released, my shout was lower than theirs. >> reporter: a thanksgiving service in suva included many soldiers who returned from similar missions. at any one time fiji has been 10-20% of its soldiers working as peace copers abrough. for fiji, the quantity that provide the u.n. is part of its foreign poll assist. >> in two major areas, iraq and syria, we went because no one else wanted to go. all others are pulling out. there was a gap to fill. for us to have a voice, we need to participate in peacekeeping operations. >> forindividual soldiers, there are incentives, these in fiji are helping to build a school. all are taking parts in missions in the past. and will again. the main motivation is

financial, with allowances on top for working abroad. >> if you stay in fiji as a normal salarsalary, if you go f mission, it double. >> for fiji, the rewards are $1,000 per soldier per month. for a small island nation, it's a tradeoff. money, prestige and influence for men. a palestinian artist from ramallah is making her hart political. bushrah turned seconds of destruction during israel's offensive in gaza into images, homing to bring attention to the plight of her people. here is her story. >> my surname is bushrah. i'm a 25-year-old graphics

designer. as a palestinian, a human, and an arab, i cannot be on observer to the destruction of a country, and the mass killing of a people, especially if it's my homeland and my people. this requires me to resist, and resistance is not done by military moons. it is dub by culture and hart. >> before working on the pieces i felt helpless, i couldn't do anything for gaza. when i started, i felt there was something speaking to me. i felt hope, empowered. anyone who stares at the sky sees shapes in the cloud. you look at the smoke resulting from air strikes and you spot shapes. this is not about me, it's the story about those kill. each peace takes time. i contemplate a lot and think about something new and tell a different story. i think about it for a day. it takes me a while to gather pictures before executing the

idea. the piece i like most is more areas ascending. it was my first and affected me a lot. the seconds on tv is those of killed children. another favourite is the mother and child. spoke and pictures were 100% identical. you will not believe it. my message is to show the world what is really happening. >> aljazeera.com is where you'll get the headlines. sharing the power - rival presidential candidates strike a deal in afghanistan, ending a tense election with accusations of fraud. and a second security scare at the white house. now, this one comes after one day after another man makes it all the way inside with a