don't try this at home. >> "techknow", where technology meets humanity. monday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> hello, this is the news hour live from london. coming up on the program. a show of support for yemen's houthies as they dissolve parliament and form their own government. the french and german leaders sit down with president putin for a push for peace in eastern ukraine. isil says that a female hostage than been killed.

chad drives boko haram out of a nigerian town, niger forces report a killing of 109 of the group. and selling for millions at an auction in paris. >> hello and welcome to the program. houthi rebels have announced that they have taken over the country in a move described as a coup. the houthies will form what they're calling a presidential council, which will act as a government for the next two years. it finalizes the group's power grab which has been months in the making. they took control of the capitol of sanaa after descending from the stronghold and seizing towns along the way. they put the president under

house arrest. the houthies gave yemen's political party until wednesday to bring a way forward which they failed to do. they have been accused of being a proxy for iran's shia superpower. the houthi presidential council will be passed with a new constitution. >> to all conspiracicies and plus joining hands as one homeland one people, one goal. let the interim government following this declaration bring a new era where we usher in a new horizon of civility. >> let's get the ratest now. in the south of the country.

jamal, just remind us what reaction there have been from the other players in yemen in a statement by the houthies? >> they are those who were at the forefront and said that this will amount to a coup. >> they're they're discuss the way forward. aside from that, others including the islamist party and they have not recognized what is taking place. there is a great deal of

opposition to this power grab, barbara. >> and against instability and possible fear and possible violence that could erupt especially along sectarian lines. >> the only reason why they were able to make today's announcements was because they had fighters on the ground armed, and they had forcebly taken over the capitol. they had taken over the presidential parliament, and put them under house arrest, those four officials that were present at today's announcements, one of them the former minister of defense told al jazeera that he was forced at gunpoint to show that there is legitimacy. there is threat that things could spill over, but it's important to note that those

opposed to the houthies in sanaa and the north they've been defeated militaryily, if the houthies try to move down south that's where most of the country's economy is based, the ports, oil and production that are here, there could be a real threat of violence here, barbara. >> jamal with the latest from aden. thank you. joining us now in studio is yemeni studio, thank you for joining us, just as for the first question, what do you think will be the main implications of this houthi take over this coup, as some are calling it? >> i think we will asay conflict and more of it. we've already had a year of on and off fights and battles going on as the houthies advance towards sanaa.

what they're going to face is resistence. they'll face resistence in various parts of yemen and that will be armed resistence. if they also--the fact that they've had de facto alliance with ali abdullah saleh i think we'll see trouble in that alliance and there will be conflict between the two parties. >> we have not really seen the push from the houthis for months now. they've taken control of the capitol effectively in september. this cue could have happened a long time ago. they've done if now and now they have to face the realities of dealing with yemen. paying the wages of the state employees. where do you see that coming? a lot of the money was borrowed by saudi arabia. >> that's the problem the reality of the situation. that's not what they didn't want to face.

that's why they attempted to remain behind the scenes and they had this figure. now they've been forced into a situation today. make no mistake about it. this is a desperate move by the houthies. you don't wait until friday afternoon to make a big political announcement. they needed to do it right now. how will they pay the money next month? one thing they could do is attempt to go into the provinces that have most of the natural resources that we were talking about, oil gas electricity and as i pointed there will be fierce resistence from those provinces if they do attempt to go in them. >> this is a last resort from the houthies, which would lead us to believe that all sorts of negotiations have been going on behind closed doors which have failed which doesn't bode well for the rest of the country. >> potentially they broke down. there was no acceptance from the

opposition parties or the other yemeni political parties to attempt some sort of power sharing with the houthis. i think everyone else has seen what is happening with the houthies over the last year or so. they've made deals, and then they've backtracked on those deals. the houthies have been talking about representing the people in their revolution, and in fact what we're see something simply an advance using weapons using violence and we'll see a continuation of that. >> what we've also seen are accusations that this is going to be another sectarian war that iran might be behind the houthies. do you think yemen could be another scene for the proxy sectarian wars that we see across the middle east? >> i would try to down play the sectarian elements of this. >> why? >> it's quite easy to look at this from the shiite angle but the reality on the ground is yes, that plays a part, but it's more about the regional

identity. the houthies are from the north and the reason why people from the south won't accept them is that they come in in from different parts and they are seen as invaders. >> so you know, it's important to have a caveat and try to look at it with some nuance. >> thank you so much for sharing your views with us. in other news the german chancellor and french president have been locked in talks with russia's president for hours now as they try to end the violence in eastern ukraine. they're in moscow announcings a new peace initiative, which they say will respect ukraine crane's territorial's territory. >> let's go more now from moscow.

rory have we heard anything coming out that have meeting other than the three are still in talks? >> five hours and counting. if the electric of these discussions is an indication of the difficulty of them, and list be honest, it probably is, then there are tricky thorny issues being discussed here. we know very little of what is on the table. we know of two plans the plan that vladimir putin has. he sent that on to angela merkel two days ago. that's what john kerry told us when he was in confident on thursday. hollande and merkel have had a look at that plan, and they've come up with a counter proposal. that's what they've brought here to moscow. all we know about that counter proposal was what was said by merkel really, is that it respects the territorial integrity of ukraine and it is

broadly based on the minsk accord signed back in september of 2014. a peace agreement that has been torn apart. we know that they'll look at the agree of autonomy. they're going to be about the line of demarcation the front line as it is now is very different from the front line as it was when the minsk peace accords was signed last september. also they're going to look at the border, the porous membrane by which armaments and men have been coming across from russia. now merkel going into these talks sounded slightly down beat about it, thinking that maybe there wasn't going to be any particular break through here

and maybe it would take another round or two. >> rory in moscow, and rory, just as you were talking we did hear through the agency that those talks in moscow have ended. a kremlin spokesman said possible joint adoption in implementing the minsk agreement, and they said that the next contact is expected on sunday. and it will happen happen by talks. meanwhile, a temporary truce in fighting has ended in in the troubled east of ukraine. it was meant to allow for humanitarian corridor to free civilians trapped in the city. meanwhile in do neck fighting continues between pro-russian

separatests and kiev forces. >> donetsk morgue can barely cope. they are civilians. innocent people who had no role in this conflict. >> there is a lack of space. bodies lying on pop of each other. we've received 2,800 dead since the 13th of march last year. 500 bodies since the beginning of the year. 70% are civilians women children people who lived alone. >> reporter: as the german and french leaders flew to moscow at another attempt to securing a truce, few people brave the streets of donetsk. the sounds of nearby shelling echoed throughout the city. we're at a check point close to the airport. the intensity of the shelling and the repeated failures of previous calls for a cease-fire

shows how difficult it is to maintain any truce. the fighters we spoke to at this checkpoint had little faith in this latest peace effort. >> we've already seen peace talks and i don't trust them any more. >> in town hundreds of people mainly the old and infirmed, could you cued for food hand outside. >> social benefits is not being paid any more. everything is being done to eliminate ordinary people. we're not considered human. we have been eliminateed. local shorts say that five people were killed when a shell landed close to this hospital.

just like territory in ukrainian army, it's the civilians that suffer most. >> we're joined in studio with a lecturer who specializes in conflict security and development in russia. madam, thank you so much for joining us. let me bring you up-to-date with news we're getting from roar. we understand that the french and german leaders are on their way to the airport. the kremlin spokesman said work under way on a possible joint document on implementing the minsk agreement, and we're also told that talks continue on friday by phone. so the implementation of the minsk. >> both sides are trying to find a way out in a peace solution.

the russians and europeans if they could agree on turn to the positions of last year, i think that is a very good way out. >> it's been quite interesting. we've been hearing about the europeans good cop to america's bad cop when it comes to vladimir putin and the americans mentioning potentially arming ukraine. how much of a game changer is that in putin's mind? >> i think that the concern that the ukrainians may refuse military equipment is an important part of the equation. on the other hand, there is the understanding that some kind of solution has to be reached. i would argue that the positions that are not always good cop-bad cop, because in europe we see a very strong stance in terms of functions. to a certain extent european and americans are more or less on the same side.

of course, there is this possibility of maybe discussing among the american leadership the possibility of military assistance i think all sides understand that conflict does not escalate. putt someone very much aware and very concerned about reinforcements of troops in other nato member states. he's really hoping that some resolution is reached where at least what he considers is very important is the rights of russians in east ukraine is protected. >> what shape could that take? could we be looking at a situation where it's effectively a frozen conflict, and these are russian lands but in official name. is that a solution? >> the europeans want to be very careful to avoid this solution. it it's not going to be very satisfactory, and they're going to be firm.

their language rights are protected, and they feel safe. and there is a respect for the territory integrity of ukraine at least when we talk about the eastern borders of ukraine. i think that putin will go along with. i think its important to reach an agreement and this is a big if if the sides on the grouped if the separatests themselves are also ready to stop the fight, and people in ukraine are also ready not to use force to resolve the conflict. >> madam, thank you so much. well coming up in this news hour joining thousands jordanians march to go condemn

isil's killing of the pilot moaz al kassasbeh. more on the taiwan plane crash. and equatorial guinea are fined for crowd violence that marred a semifinal match. the white house says it has no evidence that the u.s. hostage has been killed. but it is deeply concerned about the reports. the reports of a death as isil stepped up its military campaign against the armed group. jordan said it is targeting isil in iraq and syria in revenge for the murder of pilot moaz al kassasbeh. roz for us in washington, d.c.

everything that we've seen come out of the isil-held lands in the past months obviously concerned in the u.s. >> it raises a lot of very concern and restraint on behalf of the hostages people that people not discuss her case in hopes that they would be able to bring her home alive. certainly in light of these reports, the u.s. government is trying to say as little as possible barbara because they say that this is a very sensitive situation. and they also say that they need to be to verify the intelligence, even though they have reason to believe that when jordan ramped up its airstrikes in the last 72 hours that the targeting of these isil targets was not going to include anything that might possibly have people inside. so they're still trying to figure this out.

and they're trying to be very sensitive to a very worried family here in the u.s. >> absolutely. looking at it from a more geopolitical point of view, roz i guess the u.s. even though what brought it about was a criminal crime the killing of this jordanian pilot the u.s. must be releaved relieved to see jordan take such a stance. >> certainly the u.s. was having some difficulty getting traction even though jordan was one of five arab countries that very early on decided to take part in this air campaign against isil. both mainly in syria they have been targeting facilities and persons in northern and western iraq but because of the

savagery earlier--or at least in thein the video released earlier this week. we don't know when he was murdered, this is the sort of situation that in essence basic basically relieves the military of all the heavy lifting. even though the u.s. has the most firepower it relieves of the perception that some how it is once again going to war against people inside a muslim nation. so it's a very difficult walk the u.s. and it's coalition partners are having to walk right now.

>> roslind jordan live for us from washington, d.c. thank you. meanwhile, jordan's army says it has carried out more airstrikes against isil targets. as roslind was mentioning, the campaign was began with a rally on friday. >> the murder of pilot moaz al kassasbeh has called for revenge. those who were against joining the u.s. in raids against isil last september is now for it. >> isil has confronted us face to face in our borders. you do not represent islam. >> for kassasbeh's murder shows

that jordan has always been isil's target. >> jordan is the next target after syria. if they occupy all of syria jordan is next. we have to strike this criminal group in its hideout. >> it's people fear being dragged into conflict. >> i swear we are not afraid. we're proud and we stand behind the king, and we'll offer our men and women to fight terrorism. >> the queen surprised the crowds when she showed up at the rally. people have come from all over the country to honor the pilot. >> this by all means is a rally in support of the government and it's decision to at the point up it's role in a fight against isil. the manner of kassasbeh's murder has profounding shocked jordanians. on thursday the army announced

it's fighter jets had hit isil heightouts in syria. it showed these images of jordanian fighter jets taking off from northern military bases bases. it said that these attacks were just the beginning. and the images show the jordanian officers writing threats on its missiles. but some people say they should be careful in. >> i think jordan has paid the price for all of the ills in the middle east, especially in iraq and syria. >> reporter: there are expectations that jordanian agencies will have to work harder to crackdown on isil recruits and stop possible attacks. and many hearsay that that is something that they'll support. nisreen el-shamayleh. >> dozens of people have been killed in the syrian city of

aleppo in a government-barrel-bomb attack on a crowded square. at least 70 others died and they're reported to have killed another five people earlier in dhouma near the capitol. protesters opposed to egypt's government have staged demonstrations across the country. hundreds of people have marched through the streets of kay row demanding the release of political prisoners. in alexandria demonstrations have been held. anti-government protesters have rallied in guiza. al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed have now spent 405 days behind bars in egypt. they along with our colleague peter greste, were accused of

reporting false news and supporting outlawed muslim brotherhood, charges that they and al jazeera deny. peter is back home in australia after being released on sunday. al jazeera demands mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed's immediate release. still lots more to come on the al jazeera news hour. including how british spies have been acting unlawfully by chairing electronic information with u.s. counterparts. >> i knew i had to change, and education is part of that. >> werefrom prison to college, a way out. >> and the streets of dubai can be a painful place. sana will have the very latest from the do you dubai tour in sport.

>> al jazeera america presents a breakthrough television event. >> borderland long held beliefs... >> im really pissed off at the mexican government... >> give way to compassion... >> if you feel tired, would you turn around and come back? >> our teams find out first hand how treacherous the migrants journey can be. >> we make them take a trip of death >> it is heartbreaking when you see the families on top of the rail car borderland continues only on al jazeera america >> a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. yemen houthies have finalized the power grab. the formation of the presidential council to run the

government. the kremlin said its president's talks with european leaders over the ukraine crisis have now ended and the negotiations will resume over the phone on sunday. russia says that they're working on a joint document outlining the implementation of the minsk agreement. the u.s. says that there is no evidence that an american hostage has been killed. the >> the united states have revealed a new national strategy which involves pushing international pressure on isil and russia. the international security advisers susan rice outlined the plan earlier. it focused on how the u.s. has refused defused risks around the

world. >> this diffusion now could lower the threat of attacks like 9/11. to meet this morphing challenge we're combining our decisive military capabilities with local partnerships with the financial tools to choke off funding and the international reach of our law enforcement and intelligence agencies. >> niger state tv said that the country's armed forces have killed 109 boko haram fighters after the group attacked two towns in niger. it was driven back by the niger and chad military. it follows a similar attack in cameroon on wednesday. but as reported, the group is increasingly facing international opposition.

>> for days chadian soldiers have been strengthening their position from boko haram fighters. although it's in nigerian territory chad's troops are helping to maintain peace in the area. soldiers say it took days of intense fighting to push out the fighters. >> we were firing incensely. that's whyintensely. that's why they ran away. >> we have been suffering under the boko haram. >> the nigerian military has not been able to stop boko haram's attacks. now the violence has reached nigeria's neighbors. on tuesday barry bonds fighters attacked the chadian army deployed on the nigerian border, killing more than a dozen

soldiers. the next day the attack cameroonian troops killing at least three soldiers and a number of civilians. this has drawn in nigerian neighbors. they're discussing an united strategy in a meeting in remeron. certain officials are trying to put together a new multi national task force. >> we'll operate a plan that will bring in logistical supports. it will be the management of operation that will manage the deployment of forces on the ground and this will be submitted to the african union to the united nations security council. >> reporter: a statement says that the council remains concern that boko haram is undermining the peace and stability of the major league african region.

but as confrontations go on. so do the attacks. >> 61 decaying bodies have been found in an abandoned funeral home in mexico. officials discovered the bodies after neighbors complained of a smell. that's the same state where 43 university students disappeared last year. but investigators say that the cases aren't linked. investigators in taiwan are beginning to unravel why a plane crashed into a river on wednesday, killing 35 people. one engine appears to have failed before the second engine was manually shut down. we have reports from taipei. >> reporter: for a third day they searched the waters of the river for the missing from the flight. more bodies were found and brought to shore. two of those bodies, two boys,

11 and 12, still strapped to their seats. investigators announced what the blacks boxes had revealed. engine two appeared to malfunction tilting it's propelling blades so they no longer gave thrust. but engine one was manually shut down. >> reporter: essentially what you're say something that the pilots decided to shut down the engine that was still giving thrust. >> the pilots did discuss reducing power on number one. but right now we can only stick with the data. the data shows that the engine was cut off. but we don't know why or who did it. >> what is clear by the time the plane made a plunge into the river, one engine was spinning uslessly. the other not turning at all. in a police car park that was

showing the taxi from that footage, of all the stories of survival from that crash surely one of the most remarkable. it those without saying how lucky the driver and the passenger were. on in enormous diagonal splice taken out by a wing tip. >> in the moments after the crash field fellow passengers from their seats. he had been sitting in the safer rear out of habit because it makes it easier to get away with more hand luggage. he said he knew there was a problem when the plane tack off. >> i felt unbalanced in in the cabin. then i felt the plane turn around. i started to tell the other passengers to protect themselves. >> but the survivors are a

minority. taiwan's vice president hailed them heroes. >> the u.k.'s spy agency was criticized for failing to make clear how it shared data were mass internet surveillance programs before december. the case was brought by civil liberties groups followed by leagues release from analyst edward snowden. >> thethey shared information with the americans national security agency, the nsa. specifically, it's saying that the cghq acted illegally by

intercepting private phone calls and reading private e-mails without telling the general public what they were up to. now the only reason that all of this has come out is because various human rights groups challenge the british government in court and now these groups have been giving their reaction to what this means for the cghq. >> in the force of this litigation they've been forced to clean up their act to improve their policies and safe dollars that they've put at. some of which we've been able to find out about after the court forced them to disclose them. now we're still not happy with the state of play. that's why we're going to continue to appeal parts of this up to the european courts of human rights. >> now here the british government says it is committed to transparency. they say this ruling does not require it to change its method.

the judgment does not in any way suggest that important safeguards were not in place at all. it does not require it to change what it does in what it dos to protector national security in any way. this is simply about the amount of detail about those processes and safeguards that needed to be in the public domain. >> now this whole process began with the revelations from edward snowden, who used to work for the national security agency in the united states, and who, of course is now in forced exile in russia. he's the one who told us about the system called prism whereby the united states can read facebook and e-mail and they've been sharing that here in the united kingdom. now we'll have to wait and see what the court of human rights decides about how far

intelligence agencies can go in intercepting private communication in the interests of national security. barnaby phillips, west minister, london. >> in the balkans heavy snow blizzards have caused chaos for travelers in the region. a mass snowfall has caused a travel problem in croatia and bosnia. several thousand homes loss lost their electricity during the storms. the fbi is investigating what could be the biggest cyber theft held by an u.s. health company. the information was taken and the primary suspect is china. >> we appreciate you considering anthem blue cross. but the company announceed

hackers had stolen its customers personal data information potentially lucrative to cyber criminals. china has been the likely suspect, a trade in security commission in the u.s. congress recently reported, quote china's cyber espionage continued unabated in 2014. china's material incentives for continuing this activity are immense, and unlikely to be altered by small-scale u.s. actions. last year u.s. prosecutors filed charges against five members of the chinese military unit for hacking into american companies and a labor union to trade steal trade secrets. >> the motivation is to steal from american businesses. this is not something that we should tolerate. >> they concluded that the source of the cyberattacks was

the same chinese military unit called doda. >> they got input to phone numbers. >> the chinese government has denied any such involvement in this activity, but they showed how they were able to tackle websites. anthem's ceo is apologizing to its customers for allowing this breach of their privacy. some security exerts say that healthcare companies have been late to shield themselves from threats were sophisticated attacks. but they say the leak might be part of a broader campaign to collect sensitive data on government contractors and personnel with high security clearances. tom ackerman washington.

>> more than 1.5 million people are behind bars in the u.s. and statistics show that the vast majority will commitment commit another crime once released. now a program called prison to college is working to break this cycle of reoffending. >> at first glance it looks like any college english class. >> what is the quote again? >> but the man standing guard and the barbed wire outside of the windows is a constant reminder. this lesson is taking place inside of a correctional facility and most of the students are inmates. 34-year-old matthew wilson is near the end of a 13-year sense for armed robbery. he joined the class for one reason. >> change. i knew i had to change. education is a part of that. education opens up doors. >> students from the outside also participate in the class. they say they're learning from

the inmates as well as their instructor. >> understanding how much they care about their education. >> the prisons to college pipeline is sponsored by jon jay college criminal justice here in new york. what makes it unique is that it guaranteed inmates a spot here or in any city universities after they're released. the idea is to provide an education that conditions not only beyond prison but also beyond the classroom. robert tate is now pursuing a major in english after serving ten years for robbery. he said the program is a lifeline. >> my thing was when i came home find a job find steady housing, find steady income, and get back to family, and start to build my life over again. i will start that at 30 years old. >> the program provides assistance for all of those things and more.

>> specifically a population coming back to a community after serving time, it's vital to re-establish community and a new community may be from the one that you left behind. the campus becomes that place to find a new self, find a new community, and build a new life after prison. >> any crop has yet to see its first graduate, but participates say they forecast the second time to expand their minds and units. kristen saloom, y al jazeera, new york. >> a snapshot of more liberal times. also coming up, sport and a day of punishment at of africa cup of nations. will morocco be forced to pay a hefty price for refusing to stage the event? details after a bit.

>> after more than a decade of war iraq's image has become synonymous to violence, armed groups and instability. whendecades ago when they lived in a far more liberal society now a showcasing of a very different country. >> this is what millions think of when it comes to iraq. saddam hussein and war. but this is what she wants

people to see. a country that was felt fairly liberal. a snapshot from another time. >> it's a surprise to see that my aunt and my uncles, that they lived in the 50s, a life which compares to everything in the west. but with their own roots. they listened to modern arab music. they had their writers their poets, everything. it gives an idea of what could have happened if the country had not gone into war and dictatorship. >> you iraqi odyssey tells the story through his family members now scattered from london to los angeles, new york to new zealand. it shows iraq's earlier days and how it's course was changed. >> the cold war and soviets and the west.

that ended up really, in a tick datership and all that war. it was really a loss. >> this is not a religious film. in fact, it's the opposite. secularity runs through it. times may have changed but samir feels that iraq's better days can return. >> there are so many young people now you know for them the dictatorship, there is no experience of that. so they only know the after the war. now they try to use new things. they use social media. they know what is going on in the world. i think that i feel now is that people are not afraid any more. >> an optimistic outlook fro the festival. >> let's go to sport news now. here is sa na.

>> thank you very much. morocco will not be able to participate in the next two africa cup of nations and will have to pay $10 million fine to the confederation of african football for refusing to host the competition over fears of ebola spread. meanwhile equatorial guinea has been fined $100,000 for the crowd violence. at least 60 people were injured when fans flew bottles and objects at at guana fans. the game was held up for 30 minutes and the police had to fire tear gas at the supporters. >> we are very proud. we have reached the semifinal. something historic for us. i would also like to

congratulate ghana and apologize to the africa cup of nations. this should not happen in football. again, i apologize. >> it's been a day of extraordinary punishment handed down which saw morocco kicked out of the next two african cup of nations. they've given the tunisiaen

football opportunity to apologize for its comments. equatorial guinea given a $100,000 fine after bizarre scenes we saw where we saw 56 fans injured and they will be forced to pay the medical bills of the ghana fans. ss they say in the spirit of fair play and in the spirit of brotherhood in the africa cup of nations this game will be open. >> equatorial guinea coach avoided questions about the incident saying his main focus is for the team to finish third

in the competition. >> we have studyied our opponents. we know their strong and weak points. we're thinking about the players who are tired. i believe we've made a major achievement, and i believe this is the future ralph equatorial guinea. >> moving on to rugby now. wales at england happening right now. the match in cardiff midway through the second half. leading 18-16. mark cavendish has lost the lead after the penultimate stage. many riders will continue with a degree of pain after a crash

coming out of the tunnel. nba now the cleveland cavaliers, they sit third following a third straight win 105-94. it was a good day for the dallas mavericks. they thrashed sacramento and 17 ahead. and that's your sport for now. i'll happened you back to barbara. >> sana, thank you. dozens of extremely rare classic cars have sold for millions at a paris action after being discovered in a barn in the french countryside. the collection has drawn the attention of collectors and restorers from around the world. from paris.

>> it's compared to the discovery of tutankhamun's tomb. they were found decaying on a farm in western france. now they're being sold for millions of dollars. the collectors are really looking for these kinds of cars in this kind of state. people who are passionate about cars, people who are ready to take on a big restoration job. >> in the collection, ferraris and massarottis. but among the cars here one in particular stands out. this ferrari california spider is one of only 37 ever made. it was sold for $16 million. not bad considering it was found under a pile of rotting magazines. also uncovered this unique 1948 once owned by the winning

farouk. this is where they were discovered. rusted and weather competen. ivy growing through wind screens. the collection was amassed by an industrialist whose fortunes failed. he died before he could sell off the cars. the collection's full importance was revealled car experts describe the treasure trove as sleepy beauties now destined for a new life. al jazeera paris. >> you never know what you can find in a barn. that is it. remember you can get a lot more on our website. there it is. and our top story, of course, yemen houthi rebels taking over the government. we'll have more on that and all the day's other news in just a few minutes. if you'll join me then. bye bye.

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>> joint military exercises between united states and south korea are regular occurrences. this one, codenamed max thunder - took place in november at the kunsan air force base 150 miles south of seoul... >> this type of exercise takes place every year but for the north korean government they consider this a provocation and a