first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. clashes in the yemeni capital sanaa houthi rebels and presidential guards exchange fire near the palace. hello i'm martine dennis. other fighters inside syria. the nigerian armed group boko haram kill hins of people inside camcameroon.

are. in yemen houthi fighters have launched an attack on the presidential palace in sanaa. control of the capital since last year. we understand that the president is inside the palace, we can get more detail now by talking to hakim. outside the president palace. >> it is very tense. this has been the case for the last nine hours. the close the roads leading to the presidential palace were closed this morning at 1:00 a.m. hundreds of fighters

around sanaa, from the northern and southern parts of sanaa that is why the roads are closed. the clashes erupted around 6:00 in the morning. dozens of houses around the palace have been damaged from the heavy artillery that has been used. this looks as the most tense as it has been in months in yemen. right now a mediation is going on to try ohalt and reach a ceasefire. within the next hour or so. >> does this represent a challenge to the authority of the president? >> the president allowed the houthis over the last nine months to weaken all the powerhouses in the country. one by one he waited and watched them do that, slowly, as he

thought this would make him stronger. when the houthis saw he had no wings to move with, this is when the hughts took hughts took howghts houthis saw had had no wings to move .1. >> that's why the houthis kidnapped him. there is no red line for the houthis whether it come to the president. his chief of staff his sons or hijhim directly. he already made the houthis stronger than they could ever be. >> thank you for that. we'll keep you right up to date with the developments in yemen here at al jazeera.

in the meantime, we'll look at some other news. hezbollah fighters will be buried in soon. victoria gaten gateenby reports. >> this latest attack took place in the syrian province which isn't far from the border with lebanon near the israeli occupied goanl golan heights.

>> meaning are islamic revolutionary are link. they want to eventually develop it into an active front against the israelis. >> hezbollah is a lebanese sheer organization owned to israel. this isn't the first time israel has ra tackedhas attacked. threatened to retale 88th against israelrel at aretaliated.now this huge attack against hezbollah with force nesrala's

back to the wall. would like to maintain the it is a matter not if but when. >> this attack is a serious below to hezbollah. the group says it will retaliate at a place and time of its choosing. victoria gaitenby, al jazeera. >> this is a real stronghold area for hezbollah. they will have the funeral of imad -- giad muvnia. what is significant about him is he is the are son of imad

muvnia. it is a very significant below for hezbollah that his son has been killed as well. also on tuesday we would expect to see more funerals in other parts of lebanon in the south and speaking to peoplen the people in the streets though, there is obviously tension but people seem to think there won't be an immediate reaction from hezbollah. they say it would be unlikely that hezbollah would want to escalate the situation with israel. they are fighting a war in syria. the last thing they would want to do is open up another front in israel. the lebanese army is on high alert.

>> nicole johnston, are thrive about beirut. a curfew has been imposed in alsaka city. kurdish, both sides have reported casualties. and kurdish forces in kobani, a town on syria's border with turkey. i.s.i.l. besieged the town in september but in the last month kurdish forces have made advances against the group. libya's self declared government in tripoli is willing to negotiate if those sources are moved to tobruk.

>> president's president cabinet is seen in significant, recep tayyip erdogan's role in presidency. >> erdogan is about to influence the very center of policy making. by chairing a cabinet meeting. that is unprecedented in recent turkish history. >> if he could get away with it. it looks like under the circumstances he can't. becoming partisan and being involved in policy matters and make suggestions criticisms or making certain amendments in the policies et cetera are not

necessarily foreseen as the role of a president. >> so on monday, priements will haveprime ministerwill have to move over. the most flucialg president 42 influential president was ataturk but erdogan is trying to also. >> when the president is being elected in turkey that changed. that changed things because erdogan did a massive election campaign. he went to rallies in turkey. he said that i have a vision for turkey. he promised to be a much more active. much more involved president.

>> what erdogan wants to do is change the country's constitution to enshrine an executive presidency in law. he's hoping parliamentary elections later this year will give his party the two-thirds majority to push this through. bernard smith, al jazeera istanbul. say he could be connected to an armed cell that was stormed by security forces last week. the man whose identity hasn't yet been released is one of 74 who were -- of four who were detaibd indetained in athens yesterday. authorities have proof he was trying to kill. >> violence erupted in donetsk

facility under the control of pro-russia separatists has been left in ruins. more lives have been lost in recent days. there is a lot more to come here at al jazeera including kenya's government is urged to give support to schools outside the formal education system. plus, a tale of two neighbors, thai consumers are celebrating the jump in oil prices whilst malasians are not.

>> hello again i'm martine dennis. here are the top stories. houthi fighters are launching a fight in the yemeni capital sanaa. president is reportedly in the palace. funerals for lebanese hezbollah fighters who were killed in an israeli helicopter attack on sunday will be held in a few hours from now. syrian province konetra close to the golan heights.

threat to boko haram fighters who have kidnapped at least 80 people mostly women and children in northern cameroon. it happened in villages close to nigeria where the group originates. cameroon's minister has been talking to al jazeera. attacked a village and they destroyed 80 residences. they killed three people and many people including children, teenagers, were taken hostages. i think at the end of the day we have no chance to get rid of them by fighting them through area. >> boko haram is also suspected of having carried out a suicide attack in northeastern nigeria. five people have been killed, 35

wounded, all happened in a town of potascam. a bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives. >> 42 days without a new case of ebola, in the last two days it's killed six people in mali. people are being advised to maintain basic hygiene standards. severe flooding in malawi heavy rains are forecast for the last couple of weeks. katherine sawyer reports. >> she was hoping to have in april, she had enough in storage

to last her until then. then the floods came and she lost everything including her home. >> translator: i'm lost, i don't have any plans. i don't know what i can do. my fertilizer and seedlings have also been washed away. to be honest i'm stranded. >> she and others in the southern district of malawiwi lost everything. those we talked to said they have never witnessed this kind of flooding before. the floods affected areas that had never been flood prone. climate change and deforestation are blamed. >> the rains came very late. they came in amounts that very

never been. the environment has been devastated, for cutting tobacco acknowledge burning bricks. >> nearly all of the people use charcoal. she is one of the millions to use charcoal to cook. there's no choice she told us. >> there's a problem with lack of electricity. i know charcoal come from cut down trees. what can i do. >> it is a disaster that only made worse in a country where food is only harder to come by. >> education activists in kenya is calling on the government to address the issue of complementary schools that are not part of the formal education

structure. often they're in bad condition and lack resources. >> this is not the sort of classroom that the government says it wants for these children but this is all that's available to them. they attend caretakers orphan care taker center. the founder of the school says they provide more support to the children than a government school could. >> translator: if i compare to the government's schools we address more needs because a child can come to this school without sandals and uniform. some children need medicine during the day and we give it to them. this would not happen in a government school. >> the school is serving a need. if these children weren't here

they would be on the streets easy prey for criminal gangs. according to the government, there are about 2,000 schools like this in kenya. but what are some of the challenges? >> one lack of structures. these schools are managed by owners who see only their profits.they are not ready to professionalize how they do the schools. the teachers are therefore there is a high teacher turnover in this school. the government is barely providing solution is, address the specific issues. we need schools in these areas acknowledge high capacity, schools that can combat the large populations we have in slums. >> the school is introducing free primary education.

with books and other classroom materials. it's the complex issue with no easy answer he. analysts say the government needs to consider what is best for children in the long term. al jazeera nairobi. >> a bomb has exploded in egypt's sinai peninsula injuring four egyptian soldiers. a device was planted in a military vehicle near the city of el arish. staying in the sinai egyptian officials say two officials were killed in military raids. the defense ministry posted a video showing the operation in which three people were arrested. >> the ousted egyptian president

mohamed morsi criticized the government while producing his own defense at a trial. he accused yabd yeapped yeap. >> al jazeera is continuing to dhanddemand the release of our journalists peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed. who have been imprisoned for over one year. consumers in thailand are playing less for their fuel. but rather wad if news for neighboring malaysia. cordscott heidler now reports.

>> run their light their homes. big savings for thai governmental. and that will trickle down to the people here who are living in a stagnant economy. analysts say with less dollars going abroad to pay for oil imports more will be staying in thailand. >> it will be a big boost to consumer confidence. people can go shopping, spend money on items that are produced here. spend more money on food on clothes and so forth rather than spending moing on filling money on filling their tank. >> focus on cheap oil should be on savoring the untapped oil thailand still has. >> if you don't use the

indigenous resource. then it will prolong its use. >> reporter: with extra cash in their pockets thais will spend more. lower oil prices will prompt malasians to spend less and weaken their currency lower to the u.s. dollar. >> heavily dependent on oil revenue. something like 30% of our government revenues are derived from oil sources so it's going to be very difficult for malaysia obviously. because if oil price he go down then obviously oil -- government spending will also reduce and our economy is heavily dependent on government spending. >> cost malaysia now some feel the impact of these low oil prices could push malaysia to look into other sources of income drawing down its reliance

on oil revenue. that means if prices go down in the future it will have less impact on the country. and back in thailand, some feel the nation could use this good news too. by using a price break on oil at a time to renew its renewable sources of energy. scott heidler. al jazeera bangkok. >> bringing the total number of victims retrieved to 53. the bodies have been sent to the indonesian city of surabaya to be identified. in bangladesh. for the last 16 days to prevent her from initiating antigovernment protests. all the barricades in front of the bmp's office have been removed.

local police told the two time premier she's now free to leave. pope francis has left the philippines after a week long trip to malaysia. open air mass by 6 million in manila. the pontiff dedicated his four day trip to the poor, marginalized and victims of injustice. robbed the country's people of a dignified life. hondershonduras has the highest murder rate of all the world. this impunity fuels more violence around the country. from the capital of honduras. >> everywhere he goes, he watches his back. he's a prosecutor. he asks us onot to show his home

or his car. afraid someone will try to kill him again. >> translator: a police officer has warned me that his own police chief asked him to find a hit man to eliminate two of his prosecutors one of them was me. >> sanchez has been wounded but survives. the interamerican commission for human rights says since 2010 at least 86 legal professionals have been killed. lawyers, judges and prosecutors have been targeted by gangs organized crime corrupt police or anyone who wants to silence them. this is one of the busiest courts in the country. there is security here. now we've called many lawyers but they don't respond to phone calls they don't recognize. many fear for their safety and vm left theandful have left the country.

attorney sew jose does not take cases anymore. >> this makes me afraid. >> the observatory of violence says 95% of all killings in honduras remain unsolved. laur cilia ayala who travels with a bodyguard say the judiciary is part of the problem. >> there are great flaws in the public ministry investigations department and if a case is investigated it hardly ever makes the court because of obstacles. sitting in congress to protect human rights defenders journalists and legal professionals. after the attack on his life, santos found a safe haven in

spain. now he travels with two body guards. it is not a guarantee but he is determined to fight corruption and impunity in his country even if he's putting his life in jeopardy. jeopardy. america's roads, bridges and tunnels used to be the envy of the world. not any more. i'll tell you how to change that and create half a million jobs this year. plus too much supply and slowing demand - that combination is causing oil to spiral. we'll take you to a place where filling up an s.u.v. is less than a pack of gum. it's a dirty job and a tonne want to do it. why hauling trash is a hard gig to get in america's biggest city. i'm ali velshi, this is "real money".