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that is our show tonight, thank you for joining us and have a great weekend. yemen's former president escapes house arrest in the capital of sanaa and seeks safety from houthi rebels in aden. you are watching al jazerra live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up. grief gets a lifeline, european creditors extends the bailout conditions for four month months, i understand indonesia confirms two australians convicted of drug trafficking will be execute third degree month. plus. >> reporter: 30,000 refugees who
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crossed over to myanmar in to china and beside me are chinese joels trying to prevent us from filming. we begin with breaking news coming out of yemen where the former president hadi who 10 deader his resignation has now fled the capital sanaa we understand after being held for weeks under house arrest by houthi rebels there. and they are reported to have ransacked his house. hadi has now arrived in the port city of aden in southern yemen. joining us here on set he has covered yemen extensively to tell us how significant this latest development is. we are hearing hadi is now in aden and seems to have fled his house arrest. >> exactly. most likely he fled yesterday
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from the capital san all. sansanaa hemanaged somehow to get out of the house and taken in a convoy towards a en, he's now in aden, we are expect to go see what he's likely to say. we know for sure his presidential plane has been moved to the airport of aden about three months ago and his aids are still based there in aid al jazerra den this will be a major setback for the houthis for some reason wanted him to be confine today a longer are period in his house. aden is definitely going to be greeted that's hero. aden his power pace and have massive, massive toward in the southern provinces. >> you just said that we are waiting to expect to hear what he has to say. are he expecting him to say something? what happens next?
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>> this is a man that has health problems. so there are two options here, basically he might say it's a turned chapter, i am resigning i am leaving the country. to seek treatment in saudi arabia or the u.s., or secessionist or powerful tribes men will ask him to stay in power because he's still seems a legitimate president of the em vinnie. if he goes to camera and says he is the president. >> even though he had resigned. >> the houthis were there, they were the ones calling the shots practically, now now in aden he's in his power base. he has thousands of fighters, loyal to him. in aden, where he was born, in
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if all those unite behind him and say we want to you stay in power, he changes his minds that will be quite a significant development in em vinnie, because then you will have what looks like two authorities. one in sanaa, one in the south which is predominantly sunni led led. at that particular moment, elements for a divide, really did described of yemen or a split of the country will be there. sunni south led by hay. the north led by the houthis. >> all of this coming 24 hours less than 24 hours after the u.n. envoy. the mediators who came out and made an announcement about how the political parties in yemen have now agreed to this people's transitional congress. so put that in to context with the latest developments.
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>> he went on a local tv saying they blame me. but these people are not genuine about a real political deal in the country. yesterday he was optimistic because he saw the different political factions agreed to creator expand the parliament. when you look at it. it was just a -- i'll put it this way, it was a small step in a long path towards a genuine political deal. the problem now is you have a deepening sectarian divide in the country. you are not going to solve this putting people around a table. it can only be done with the president and grievances being
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aired. the international community of the united nations you need to have the saudis on one hands the americans on the other european union coming together forces the factions in to an agreement. now what you see with the latest development. you will definitely seeing yemen brace towards more uncertainty and more violence. >> thank you very much for the time. protesters meanwhile have been demonstrating both opposition as well as support for houthi rebels in yemen in the southern cities, protesters there accused houthis of staging a coup and demanded provinces are freed from their control. also there were counter protests by houthi supporters, they said they backed the constitution of declaration that dissolved the yemeni parliament earlier this month. on friday rival political factions did agree on a people' transitional council to help
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governor yell edge. the united nations is considering publically naming people involved in war crimes in syria. i new u.n. report says human rights violations continue to worsen. the syrian government says the report is biased our diplomatic he had core names bays reports from new york. >> reporter: the four commissioners have been working on documenting human rights violations and war crimes in syria for three and a half years, the situation gets worse and worse but their new report goes much further than any of the previous eight ones. after meeting with the security council, they told reporters they have a confidential list of the perpetrators of war crimes. and they may make it public. can i ask you about your lists of perpetrators. what sort of impact, if you decide to publish could that have? >> to date we have prepared four lists. which have been submitted to the
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u.n. high commission of human rights for safe keeping in the safe. we are also considering today this month and next month the pros and cons of whether or not to release the lists. >> reporter: it's clear the commissioner wants more support from the security council. which has been divided on syria. as will he theft the commissioner thought the microphone was off when she said this to the british ambassadors. the syrian government white sox quick to give its reaction. its ambassador describing the commission as biased. are you worried that key officials of your government, of the military, even the name of president assad might be on that list? >> all this prop propaganda aims at die boll icing the syrian government and misleading the public opinion. they did it in the past and they
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will do it in the future. >> reporter: they asked that it be referred to the international criminal court but that will never happen because russia will use its veto here in the security council. now for the first time i it's asking for the urgent consideration for the idea of seth up an ad hoc tribunal. in other words a special criminal court for syria. isil has claimed responsibility for killing dozens of people in libya 45 people died at least in a carex pollution. friday's attack was highly symbolic. >> reporter: it was early morning when a triple car bomb attack went through the village. >> translator: a sequence of bombings took place the first and second targeted the town police saying and the third exposition a half an hour later
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targeted civilians close to the police station near the gas station which throwed a lot of human casualties. >> reporter: the largest number of casualties were at the petro station where there was a long queue. targeting eastern libya is highly symbolic. it's the hometown of the speaker of parliament of the u.n.-recognized government. he said the bombing was likely in retaliation from egypt's recent air strikes in nearby town. a claim that was later confirmed by an online statement from isil's libyan a affiliate. egypt carried out the air strikes in response to the bedding the 21 coptic christians action that was praised by one court and not by the other. they were further destabilize the country and it has had an impact on the he want estimated
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bun million he skwraoeupgss this is the first patch that left. >> i am so happen that i i am safe. the issue is you must bigger than us but all of a sudden we were target, we lost our jobs, many things happened. >> reporter: but the vast majority of people here would not tell us their story on camera. they say that ever cincy i didn't want carried out the air strikes in eastern libya the situation of egyptian workers has been more vulnerable. the international community is also concerned about the impact egypt's increasing role in libya. >> if the leadership sees 21 coptic christians seeing their throats cut under the most brutal and horrible circumstances that there is a reaction of some kind. i would say that we also have to keep our heads cool. and make sure that we, of course, react but that we also realize the risk of this country going up in flames.
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>> reporter: it all comes at a time when the u.n. and western powers favor the political track rag in lifting an arms arms embargo as requested by the government. >> those who choose not for participate are excluding them sufrpls from discussions critical of combating terrorism as well ago the peace security of libya. the best way to you want doer terrorists operating in libya is to have libyans build the national consensus they need to fight these groupings not each other. >> reporter: a meet ago wrong all factions is scheduled next week in morocco. the hope is that will bring about the government of national unity. essential to counter the spread of isil and its affiliate in libya. al jazerra. one protester has been killed and several injured in an ante coup rally in egypt on friday. security forces opened fire on the crowds. that area has been a flash
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points for violence between pro-muslim brotherhood supporters and egyptian security forces sin the former president mohamed marcy was ousted in 2013. meanwhile, egyptian media is reporting that the government has approved plans to amend a law which will allow courts to overlook some witness testimonies. the amendments have reportedly been sent to president sisi for approval. some recent trials have attracted widespread international criticism over their perceived fairness. in some cases death sentences have been handed to defend encarnacion defendant en mass. >> at least 20 people dead. two members of parliament killed in the capital mogadishu. alexei o'brien report. >> reporter: this is a city used to violence, but in the latest attack a vehicle laden with explosives rammed through a
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hotel's front gate then a suicide bomber blew himself up inside. government ministers were meeting at the time. politicians are confirmed a mottes the dead while the deputy mine perimeter and other high-profile individuals were injured. >> translator: the explosion was so huge it shook the whole surroundings i survived but i saw several people who were lying dead. the scene is very ugly with blood and flesh everywhere. >> reporter: the al qaeda-linked group al-shabab has claimed responsibility. central hotel is popular with the officials because it's near the presidential palace. it's the second hotel to be targeted in as many months. >> al shabab have attacked and then they kill some innocent members of -- [ inaudible ] so far we're trying to get confirmation of
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who was injured and who was killed. >> reporter: al-shabab controlled much of me mogadishu until 2011. since then it's carried out a anybody after tacks both in somalia and neighboring countries including the siege atken i can't's west gate mall where more than 60 people were killed, this is just the latest blow to the somali government and a reminders of the deadly power of he would shabob. alexei o'brien, al jazerra. still to come on al jazerra rents are soaring in thorn nigeria as boko haram attacks spread fill. plus. >> reporter: i am phil lavelle alla. forget illegal down loads a new piracy threat. one that costs money yet executives are reluctant to take to court.
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at 7:00, a thorough wrapup 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 . hello again, the top stories on al jazerra. yemen's former president hadi has left the capital after spending weeks under house arrestsarrests by shia houthi rebels. he has now arrived in the southern city of aden where he has a huge power base among sewn sunnies. protests in libya after blasts killed people. fighters claiming loyalty to isil have said they are behind that attack. al-shabab fighters say they are behind friday's hotel attack in somalia that left 20 people dead. two mechanics of parliament are
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among those killed in the violence in the capital. greece has welcomed a four-month extension to its bailout program. the government in agent ends must now come up with a list of proposed reforms to the tension to be ratified the four-month window was brokered at crisis talks held in brussel. the deal will be confirmed once greece's creditors are satisfied with a list of reforms to be presented on monday. if it's not acceptable there is still a chance the deal will be scrapped. a final agreement needs to be reached by the end of april. john reports from athens. >> reporter: this was the greek and european nightmare a devalued d r.a. kma raised from the dead der stabilizing the euro own and make greece poorer. those bank lights are likely to remain the graphic artist's imagination. still careful not to over sell
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the deal. >> first step in this process is that we have agreed and the greek authority have his agreed to present a first list of their reform ambitions. we form measures based first of all on the current arrangements. but also using the flexibility that is in the programs. >> reporter: supporters of the left wing government in athens gathered before parliament to cheer lead the greek side to victory careful not to disappointment them. got said it had delivered. >> we combine to do things that are -- two things that are usually managed manage imagined to be victory. we combined lodge and i can ideology in the way that we bargained question combined respect for the rules and democracy. >> reporter: the growings scored important successes staying off
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new austerity terms and one time to renegotiate the existing ones crucially get to discuss the debt repayment schedule which greece cannot meet but didn't get a truce with no strings attached the german's ultimately forced them to pick up the program where the previous government left off. which means they still have to meet austerity targets. >> perhaps the statement's main achievement is to call off the political trench warfare greece and germany have been digging themselves in to for months. both side can claim to having concluded language that secures core positions. as he said it's a small step but a step in a new direction he now has to prove that change of direct was worth a change of government. john, al jazerra athens. there has been more shelling near the border between myanmar and china fighting between myanmar's army and rebels who want greater austin me for ethnic chinese in myanmar began almost two weeks ago so far
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30,000 refugees have crossed the boarder in china. adrian brown reports from the boarder town in china's yunnan province. >> reporter: several times today we have heard the distance thud of artillery. the fighting on the other side of the border does tend to ebb and flow but here on the chinese side things are relatively calm. what we don't know, of course, is how many civilians have been killed. caught in the cross fire, one chinese journalist i spoke to who is able to get to the town of about 10-kilometer as way from here says that he saw the bodies of at least 20 men and women lying in one street. we can't verify that, but we have also been hearing stories of our own from refugees who escaped. the new trade and exhibition center a symbol of the economic hopes china has this remote region but today it's been transformed in to a refugees camel over flying with those who
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fled the fighting. offense escaping with just a handful of poe accepts like this is on this side of the border they are ethic chinese and with account of brew taillight by t* i by myanmar's arm. >> i the soldiers caught me and hit me again and again like this. just like this on my own head. 67 this farmer arrived nine days ago. >> translator: they took most of our cattle. i only have a few left. a big mess there. the it's too dangerous to go back. we are afraid they might kill us. >> reporter: elsewhere, families squat in a row of partially built shops. fending for themselves as best they can. the military is in charge of that humanitarian operation. a soldier shouts at the refugees to go inside. he doesn't want us filming them. sometimes the soldiers succeed. behind me are some of the 30,000 refugees who have crossed over
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from myanmar in to china during the last few days and beside me are chinese soldiers who are trying to prevent us filming. it is a sensitive issue for china, they are providing food and shelter water for these refugees but this is a tricky situation for china. tricky because some of these refugees want china to support their campaign for autonomy, but beijing insists it doesn't interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. the border between china and myanmar was eerily quiet today. normally it's one of the busiest cross i points between the two countries but some of the fighting going on in a town just visible in the distance. and for some of those who fled, this is now as close as they can get to home. you don't get to choose your neighbors, china has 14 of them. and the one causing it the most angst at the moment is, of course myanmar a country that it considers a friends and an
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ali, but that friendship is being strained by what's happening just across this border. indonesian government leaders are saying two convicted drug smugglers from australia will be executed late they are month. they will be among the next group of prisoners to be shot by firing squads. rents are pretty high in the nigeria kwra*e vinnie city. it's because of the other arrival the thousands of people displaced by boko haram. >> reporter: he has been looking for a new house for his growing family. a third child arrived only two days ago. and he thought they deserved a better place to live in. now he's given up on moving out. >> i used to pay fraction of my income as rent and now asked to
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pay three times the amount. i have searched for annal alternative but it seems there is an increase everywhere. >> reporter: many people are now homeless because they can't afford the increases. but homeowners are eager to meet the rising demands for housing. this is a city struggling with a large number of displaced persons. that has made it difficult to find a place to live because rents have gone up. now, some owners are trying to cash in. by putting up new buildings. the landscape. city is changing. thousands of people displaced by the attacks, are trying to avoid the harsh life of refugees camps and are pubbing rents pushing repbtsdz up and homeowners aren't complaining. >> many have come in from the towns and villages so whenever this is a rise and agree demembers and chicago supply is short you expect rents to go up, everything is expensive around here. >> reporter: homeowners have their presence displaced persons who have the money to
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pay. this has put some original residents at a disadvantage. with the military offensive against boko haram in the region now under way more people will be forced out of that i have homes and with this considered a refuge for the displayeded. displaced the rent indications is only going to grow worse. north east nigeria. stars are making tear way to the best are world's best kept red carter in hollywood on the eve of this year's oscars, phil los angeles self explain how movie makers are facing a new threat. >> reporter: you could say it was napster that started it all free file downloads, remember them the music industry hated it. but downloading seemed so 10 years ago. streaming is apparent lit future. yet for film at least that seems to be giving hollywood a bit of a headache. here is why, there are loads of legal streaming sites out there. you pay your monthly fee and watch as much as you like, job
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done perfect. there are lots of illegal sites out there too. they stream pirated movies people can watch them at no cost. those sites are breaking the law. but as for those people who sit at home and watch the films are they acting illegally? that's a tricky shubt you speak to one lawyer they'll tell you one thing. >> it's not illegal to view a move that i streams your computer. as long as the copy that extremes does not make a duplicate on the computer. it is not violating one of the exclusive rights that the cap i copyright old are owner holds. >> reporter: you speak to the other they till tell you something. >> you are copying in to the server everybody temporarily it's copyright infringement to stream the material that you don't have a license for or paying for in some fashion. >> reporter: how about shea third opinion. >> copyright law is a list of things that you are not allowed to do. up loading a movie is on that
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list that's making a second copy that's generally illegal. but streaming a movie just to watch it, being a viewer, that's not really something on the list that copyright law forbids. >> reporter: the industry is going after a lot of the sites but the problem is has is many of based in countries where the u.s. has no legal jurisdiction. it's the independent films that you could say really feel hit hard. like this one 20 feet below. financed by individuals the streamers have been enjoying this but not been paid for it. eights maker is unhappy but also optimistic. >> it can be frustrating because people come in every day showing me where it's being streamed and each one of those reports a financial loss to us if those people would have otherwise bought it. but on the flip side it's technology that allows us to make movies like or improve the way we make the movies. and distribute them. so it's physical confusing.
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>> reporter: the studios are unlikely to go after individuals because they worry the court case will go against them. it's likely the industry will be forced to adapt if it wants to beat the pirates. just a reminder you can keep up-to-date with all the news on our website aljazerra.com. . >> hi. i am lisa fletcher. you are in the stream. identity thieves targeting your kids. why their information is so much more valuable than yours and which states are working for you and against you on this issue. and later, the price to pay for the 21st september tree classroom. how a student's click is being tracked by data collection agencies, 10 million data points a day per child. are the digital perks worth it?
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