. >> more protests in yemen's capitol as the man who resigned as president emerges to condemn the coup. >> hello there i'm nigeria's army said it struck a heavy blow against boko haram recapturing a key town. >> people are determined to make it clear we're not going to play this game. >> the u.s. threatens russia with more sanctions for continue continuing to support ukraine's separatists. we've won the battle but not

the war. greece's prime minister warns of tough negotiations ahead for the euro down. >> i'm in harlem, new york, it's been 50 years since the assassination human civil rights leader malcolm x. >> the coup in yemen was illegal illegal, and since then were against the law. that's the message from the man who says he's still yemen's president. in a statement exclusively obtained by al jazeera, he calls for international assistance to protect the country's political process. he has been meeting with officials. joining us live from aden,

mohammed, tell us about the statement that has been obtained by al jazeera from hadi? >> yes, president had di was expected to give a statement. every change that took place isn't september 21st, the day that the houthis stormed sanaa should be rescinded considered null and illegal. those appointments were taken by those who overtook the capitol of yemen. he demanded the international community to continue to support

the solutions, the gulf initiative and also the terms of the yemeni national dialogue. he said he still abides by those continues conditions, those terms, and conditions and he demanded the immediate release of all the ministers and higher ranking government officials who are still under house arrest, or who have been abducted by the houthies. and he demanded that the dialogue of the national peace talks that had taken place should move to aden, so that everybody can contribute and part in the search for solutions for yemen. it's a list of points very interesting points but he came short on a very specific and very important detail or

clarification of whether he still maintains his resignation or whether he is thinking of going back to office. everybody is expecting something more clear from president hadi than what he has delivered. >> we're still possibly waiting to hear from him to address the international country and international community. do you think he'll be more clear of what his position will be? >> i don't think i heard your question clearly. >> do you think he will clarify that point when he addresses when we next hear from him officially?

there will be pressure on him to say something more clear. many people here are confuseed by things. are these conditions for his return to power? are these demands i'm sure there will be pressure on him pickerly of his supporters. those pinning hope on him returning to the office, leading the country from aden, leading a counter campaign to reverse the hotely coup houthi coup, and there will be many who have declared earlier today that they're ready to fight under his presidency, and to go ahead and push for a a military campaign

actually participate in the military campaign to oust the houthies from sanaa. >> mohammed, thank you. now let's go to a political activist in yemen, also could you founder of the reformest party. he joins us live via skype from sanaa. thank you for joining us. first of all your reaction to the statement that we've had from--well the coup in yemen was illegal the appointment since then, and what do you make of the points made by president hadi, who says he's still president? >> we've been having meetings and president hadi said everything from september is no.

is it legal or not legal it has been redefined and they will they need to be far more clear than the statement given. the statement is not exactly been clear and has put every in a peculiar position at this point. >> we're having problems with the sound. we'll have to leave it there. thank you for joining us here on al jazeera.

>> we go to nigeria now where the army has taken a retaken a town of baga. now in the town seized by boko haram, these satellite pictures were released by amnesty international. we see the scale of destruction. 150 people had been killed, but locals put the number of dead as high as 2 thou. >> now first of all, just remind us what is the significance of the recapture of baga? >> well, barbara this is a hugely significant and symbolic victory for the nigeria army.

this has been the fallen of the insurgency in the battle against boko haram over the last six years. two very controversial incidents in january this year, 2,000 people are allegedly killed by boko haram. the nigerian military were accused of turning a blind eye if you like. in 2013 i was on the ground myself when the military again were accused of being passive to 200 people being killed in the cross fire in the fighting of boko haram concealing a mass grave. an allegation that the military has all denied. it was extremely important for the military to be seen to be on top of baga and getting it back from the insurgents. now what the military are saying is that the battle that ensued with them for many of them killed. and they say weapons were captureed like anti-aircraft

for example and what they're hoping now is that now that they have baga under control, which they say they do, we'll start to see many thousand of people who fled the town from neighboring countries like niger to start to come back j. >> we've seen many take involvement in the fight against boko haram. do you think they themselves are reassured by this victory? >> most definitely. we've seen countries like niger basically working with the nigerian authorities and remember, it's a multi national force that is on that border area where baga is. and many will take heart from this recapturing. we've been getting reports of various areas being recaptured by armed forces. i think it will boost the

confidence for the military to take control of these areas. the elections have been rescheduled. they're scheduled to take place in march and april because the armies are working together to try to diminish boko haram. they're considered such a huge threat to elections here in nigeria. all the countries involved in fighting the group will take heart from this. even though this is a significant victory from the military, every now and then we're hearing about and reporting about smaller scale attacks. today there are reports that 21 people have been killed in the niger republic by boko haram. and 30 were killed in the town where those 200 girls were kidnapped last year.

>> we have the latest from abuja abuja, yvonne, thank you. well as yvonne was mentioning despite this gain for the multi national force the armed group's violent campaign does continue. people have been killed in clashes between boko haram and niger army on lake chad. fighters launched an attack late friday with battles continuing early in saturday morning. well in the news ahead. >> i'm paul brennan in the battle-scared town of baby looking more like a ghost town, but with bewildered residents asking what is next.

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"the stream". tuesday, 12:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. the coup in yemen was illegal and all points since then are illegal. that's the message from the man who says he's still the country's president, president hadi. in a statement exclusively obtained by al jazeera, he calls for international assistance to protect the country's political process. he has been meeting with security officials after leaving sanaa, where he was in the custody of houthi rebels. the nigerian army has full control of baga after an offensive against boko haram. it is located next to chad, niger and cameroon it was the

scene of the worst massacre of the group's six-year insurgency. u.n. secretary of state john kerry said that more sanctions are being considered. it's in response to undermining of cease-fire in ukraine which he says u.s. knows to be a certainty. kerry made the comments in london in a meeting with his british counterpart philip happen monday hammond. >> people are determined to make it clear that we're not going to play this game. we're not going to sit there and be part of this kind of extraordinarily craven behavior at the expense of the sovereignty and integrity of the nation. >> well, the eastern ukrainian town of debaltseve was captured by pro-russian fighters

wednesday four days after the cease-fire was supposed to have stopped the fighting. >> the scene of the final big battle is still scattered with the debris of war. there are burned out vehicle military vehicles. it's four days since the ukrainian troops fled from here, but the shell shock civilians are still dazed. galina is one of hundreds now left homeless from all the fighting. >> i wanted and tried so hard to maintain the house and make it comfortable to leave an inheritance to my granddaughter. now it's unrepairable. only the walls remain. >> it's so horrible, she says.

she now sleeps in the cellar underneath a grocery store. >> 15 people are living there because their houses have been completely destroyed. >> are they receiving any help or assistance? are you getting any humanitarian aid? >> nothing. i haven't received anything. no humanitarian aid nothing. >> the residents emotions swing from resentment to despair. all are jen genuinely desperate. >> there is a need here in debaltseve, but the authorities the donetsk people's republic has yet to address it. >> we'll accept help from whoever can provide it. yesterday ten trucks with

110 tons of food stuff especially for the people of debaltseve. >> a fact finding group from the ngo say doctors without boards have arrived but have not yet set up a facility. >> residents who fled to the sellers to escape the shelling now have nowhere to go back home to. when the conflict erupted, they were hoping to finish college. now they have no hope at all. >> there is a war going on. brothers killing brother. how many innocent people have been killed? how many children have died? it's impossible to feel that without weeping. only those who experience these things can know how i feel. there is nothing mortifying in the whole world than this war. and people need to find a way to

survive. >> an effective cease-fire would only be the first small step in restoring a degree of normality to this region. conflict has caused mental and psychological pain, which is just as deep as the fill hurt. paul brennon al jazeera. >> greece is under pressure to finalize proposals to keep its loan lifeline open after last-ditch attempts in talks with the eurozone. they have until monday to satisfy its skeptical lenders and secure a four-months' bailout extension. >> the difficulties, the real difficulties, not only those related to the relation are ahead. the negotiation is now entering a new more substantive state from a final agreement of

transition from the bail out deal of austerity measures to policies of development. employment, and social cohesion. >> activists say ten children were among the 48 people killed in a syrian village north of aleppo earlier this week. the syrian observatory for human rights say that government forces have killed the families of five alleged rebels on tuesday. and in northeast damascus, five people were killed in the rebel-held town of douma after government warplanes launched several attacks. 20 others were injured. well thousands of syrian refugees are spending their fourth winter in freezing conditions. over the last few weeks heavy snow storms have hit the qalamo qalamoun mountains are 500 families are trapped. >> it's freezing cold in the qalamoun mountains and they're trying to stay warm.

but without wood and fuel, they can't. >> it's cold and we don't have enough clothes and fuel for heating. >> 500 families are liveing in flimsy tents and freezing conditions. the qalamoun mountains is close to the border of lebanon but there is not a single international aid agency working here that's because the lebanese government has classified the area as a war zone and has banned visitors were coming here. >> the tents we're living in can't with stand the heavy know storm. we can't forgive to protect ourselves. we cannot afford blankets or covers. the heating fuel we had just lasted a week. >> this is just some of the 7 million inside syria who were displaced. forced from their homes because of the nonstop fighting. as the snow continues to fall, the refugees in the qalamoun mountains they're trying to survive the weather and the war in their country.

>> a bill that seeks to boost police powers against protesters is causing controversy in turkey. there are been two fights in parliament over the issue. the security bill gives police more power to conduct searches and increases penalties for anyone carrying petrol bombs or fireworks. they're accusing parties for trying to create a police state. ment the government said that the measurements are aimed at preventing violence. we go to a columnist of the turkish paper, he thinks that tensions will only escalate if the bill is passed turkey has been popularizeed in ways not seen in a long time.

and finally it came to this fight. this is unfortunately very bad and it comes in the missed of the new law where the government is trying to raise the police this will only escalate the tension more. ultimately if the government wants to pass a bill, it has enough seats to pass the bill. only different choices can lead them to rethink this. one of them was former president who called upon his own party comrades tory thinktoss rethink this bill. >> myanmar's government says it's winning the battle against the rebels in the northeast

after almost two weeks of fighting. about 30,000 civilians have threat the fighting into china. we have reports from the border town in china's hunan province. >> the center is a symbol of the economic hopes that china has for this emote region remote region. but now it's overflowed with those who fled fighting. often escaping with just a handful of position. with accounts of brutality by myanmar's army. >> the soldiers caught me and hit me again and again like this. just like this on my own head. >> this farmer arrived nine days ago. >> you >> they took most of our cattle. i only have a few left.

it is too dangerous to go back. we're afraid it might kill us. >> elsewhere families squat in a row of partially built shops fending for themselves the best they can. the military is in charge of this humanitarian operation. a soldiers shouts to refugees to go inside. he doesn't want us filming them. sometimes the soldiers succeed. >> behind me is some of the 30,000 refugee who is crossed over into china over the past few days, and spied me are chinese soldiers who are trying to prevent us filming. they're providing food and shelter and water for these refugees, but this is a tricky situation for china. >> tricky because some of these refugees want china to support theory campaign for a ton me. but beijing insists it does not interview with interfere with

other countries. some of the fighting is 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. adrian brown al jazeera, on the china-myanmar border. >> mallmalcolm x is one of the most well-known and controversial figures in the civil rights movement. he was shot dead in new york city 50 years ago. >> he was the voice of black anger. >> as muslims we believe that separation is the best way and the only sensible way not integration. >> an organizer an intellectual malcolm x wanted something different, something more for america's black population. as demands for civil rights in the 60s grew, he spoke of

black power and spoke of martin luther king's change idea and change that would only come from non-violence. he spoke about how black lives matter, a message resonating 50 years after his sudden death. >> the recent events, malcolm you know his platform was black lives matter. that was his reason for being. >> there was shock in his assassination. he was about to speak at a political meeting. a number of men rushed the stage firing guns. he had more than 20 bullet wounds. today there are streets schools, and libraries named in

his honor. many we spoke to knew his place in history. >> do you think enough people know about malcolm x. >> there is never enough if there is one that doesn't know. there should be more and there should be more teachings of malcolm x. >> he's not one dimensional likes none of us are. his mention was of love and unity, and i thought it was very powerful. >> he was described as brilliant, eccentric and unpredictable. >> the black community and all communities of people interested in social justice need multiple voices we need multiple malcolm xs. we don't need any singular messianic figure. >> malcolm x remains an icon and an enduring reminder of a

struggle fought and some believe is still not won. alan fisher, al jazeera, harlem new york. >> and you can find much more on the stories that we are covering on our website www.aljazeera.com. nearby towns. >> they came and started looting houses killing people. systematic theft, destruction, and brutal mob violence. more