Skip to main content

tv   News  Al Jazeera  February 25, 2015 4:00am-4:31am EST

4:00 am
4:01 am
4:02 am
4:03 am
4:04 am
to fight army soldiers. 9 armed group brings them into
4:05 am
just. it is in the southern port of aiden, trying to consolidate his power base. what is he king. how do locals feel about that. >> yes, jane since the arrival here, he has been trying to do that. he has been meeting with security and political leaders. the provisional governors. today is a milestone. today he's meeting for the first time some government with the north. who declared allegiance. they were able to drive, that it is at the beginning guarantee in order to battle against the
4:06 am
houthis and any talks that may happen. he may have asked to be here. the houthis refused that but he is fighting right here in aden where it was historically looked at as a man who has been serving the north, not the south as you see in the following story. >> this is aden yemen's area. the militia made the coup. he managed to escape and is new in aden. but the people here may surprise him. shouting "no, no no aden is the cap tafl of the south, we -- capital of the south, we department need the north here.
4:07 am
>> it's a long area of bitterness. people we talked to expressed apprehension and prust. >> there's zero trust between the north and the south. this is the first of the territory, 80% of its resources. they have refused nothing in return. they do it for the cause, if they take the decisions to address the problems. as an air of peace and calm. people hope for a better future and turn to who they perceive to be a better path. the symbol of it - it's the former people. the republic of yemen or southern yemen for short. people here tell us...
4:08 am
they are exploited. most are the natural resources come from here. >> we accept for aden to be temporary until our brothers in the north sort out problems. >> reporter: it's believed the shifting to aden will bring trouble. >> translation: the houthis are threatening to hit the south because we have the cap hall. tall. we don't need the capital here we should stay calm. >> that may be about to end, many fear the problems that it may bring. >> this is the second phase for him. he had to fight a tough battle
4:09 am
to gain support outside the area. the first signs coming from the neighbouring powers, the g.c.c. the gulf cooperation council, they had expressed support a couple of days ago and the secretary-general is expected to be here soon. probably this is the high profile visit from the outside world. he is also you know asking the u.n. - demanding the international community have strategies behind. and transition to come for help. we understand that he has a tough problem. not only this support, but remember the financial support. mr abd-rabbu mansour hadi is starting from scratch, and needs crucial funding to pay his employees, to be able to as a head of state at the moment.
4:10 am
>> thank you. iran's foreign minister zarif warned the u.s. that exert exerting pressure on iran will lead to no comment. following talks. there was a meeting with john kerry, the u.s. tried to limit its actions in exchange. france's foreigners warned syria that it will reimpose sanctions if there are further attacks. lying to his face over his role in the ukraine. kerrry was told russia hasn't engaged in propaganda since the cold whatever. >> charges against a policeman
4:11 am
who confessed to shooting a teenager. a 14-year-old boy was killed after fighting between the police and protesters. >> they came out to protest against the crisis. there were violent scuffles with the police. this 14-year-old was killed injured in san christo boll. police officers were attacked with stones. the policeman who fired a pellet gun killing the teenager has been arrested. >> translation: i condemn this murder. when i found out, i ordered those responsible, and we need to establish what happened. >> reporter: 11 protesters have been killed in the past 12
4:12 am
months. the use of deadly force to maintain public order cut demonstrations in numbers. disfags is growing -- dissatisfaction is growing. many leaders have been arrested along with the mayor of caracas. >> i am permanently harassed by being chased pestered. not to mention attacks. and threats to my family. they have been sent to me and i'm closing in. for these reasons, the regime nose. the government is conducting spiralling inflation by conducting the rates. falling oil prices cut government revenue. he's telling the people that he can steer them out of crisis. the the government is fight thing its grip to face political and economical challenges
4:13 am
making it hard are for venezuelan to believe -- harder for venezuelans to believe him. still to come - gaza six months on and the city is in ruins. billions pledged. appearing for another night of power cuts. we are in ghana, with people are fed up with the electricity crisis. he's out there. there's a guy out there whose making a name for himself in a sport where your name and maybe a number are what define you. somewhere in that pack is a driver
4:14 am
that can intimidate the intimidator. a guy that can take the king 7 and make it 8. heck. maybe even 9. make no mistake about it. they're out there. i guarantee it. welcome to the nascar xfinity series.
4:15 am
>> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. hello again, a quick run through the top stories the u.n. special envoy to syria is in turkey trying to secure opposition support for a freeze
4:16 am
in fighting in aleppo. the government has agreed to suspend air strikes and shelling on aleppo for six weeks. houthi forces in yemen have taken control of forces in sanaa. the armed group controls the capital and wants to arrest the president. in venezuela a policeman is charged after shooting a 14-year-old boy during a protest in san christo ball. the city was the epicentre of street protests. despite hopes for a temporary ceasefire, for now the fighting conditions. rebel groups have made some progress. it has cost many lives. some of the casualties of the civil war laid out in the village, medics say these are the bodies killed fighting in
4:17 am
aleppo provies. >> translation: the head of forensics started to receive the body in the north countryside since wednesday. there has been a lot of casualties on all sides here. many groups want to take control of province and important supply routes. forces fighting for the syrian president took over the area. rebels fought back regaining some ground they lost. there are different groups. here members of free syrian army blew up a tank using antitank rockets. >> some rebels belonged to al nusra front, and i.s.i.l. fighters withdrew from the suburbs. still remaining a threat. >> it's become a place to live for the residence. they don't have enough foot water, electricity and care.
4:18 am
>> there would be a better chance of getting aid to them if the ceasefire goes ahead. fighters for all sides will continue to battle. many paying the ultimate price. secret intelligence documents claimed people threatened south africa with a massive cyber attack. vowing to cripple financial sectors if the government spot supporting the palestine. here is phil reece with the latest on the spy cables. >> reporter: in south africa pro-palestinian groups are influential. the nation's apartheid history with parallels in palestine helped them to gain support. but for spy cables they face
4:19 am
aggressive opposition for pro-israeli groups. the secret exposes a threat made by a group claiming to be mossad cyber attackers. they hand-delivered a letter saying they'd worked on it and viruses that sabotaged iran's nuclear programme. they told the minister to end support of the pro-palestinian campaign, and prosecute its leaders. if it didn't happen within 30 days south africa would face a cyber attack crippling banking and finance sectors. >> espionage, we are seeing the spectrum of cyber threat terrorism and wore fair. it's on the -- warfare. it's on the increase. there's a lot of wars we can be dragged into. the government never did find out who is behind the threat. it fears the worst is yet to
4:20 am
come. there's a strong possibility that israeli businesses linked to moss ard could increase offensive espionage against south africa you can read the original spy cables related articles and analysis on aljazeera.com/spycables. tell us what you think as well on twitter with the hashtag, "spy cables." people in baghdad are holding a funeral for some of the 25 victims killed on tuesday in an attack. the attack was in the south-east. and appeared to be coordinated and a second blast went off within minutes of each other. no group claimed possibility for the attack. >> 6 months after israel offensive. many areas are in ruins. the u.n. raised billions.
4:21 am
many palestinians received nothing. >> today in gaza, the ruins in the homes a used as playgrounds. factories are filled with machinery. the only power plans are a damaged happy. the damage destruction, devastation obliterated entire neighbourhoods. gaza has never been well off. it's worse off than ever. the fear is that can lead to another war. why hasn't your family been able to rebuild. >> building is so expensive and we can't get the materials. >> reporter: part of the problem is poverty. this man is a teacher and only received 60% of his salary after israeli cut off gaza.
4:22 am
this man has no job. they have blueprint but cannot build. . >> translation: the process is slow. funds from the u.n. have not arrived. >> reporter: that is another problem. the u.n. agency that helps palestinians is broke. i can only describe as unacceptable or scanneda laws that an organization ran out of money money. he said the donors have not paid up because of conflict between hamas and the palestinian authority. >> there's a lot of bad blood. there's two administrations in gaza. that needs to be resolved. >> until it is there are not even ambulancesplans to rehabilitate devastated neighbourhoods. >> soldiers from chad killed
4:23 am
more than 200 boko haram fighters. they are part of a regional military campaign to help nigeria fight the armed group. the military released this video, which it says is an operation against boko haram. the defensive was in the north-east of baga and other areas. >> in ghana, people are manning a protest of power outages which are crippling the businesses and their lives. people that don't have a generator are in the dark every other day. >> reporter: these workers pack 20 tonnes of fraud per day for export. it's a 24 hour temperature controlled operation on the out skirts of ghana's capital. they are using generalsors more and more because -- generators more and more because electricity from the grid is
4:24 am
erratic. >> electricity or power is 5% of the business. it's running between 70%. it's almost doubled. it puts a strain on our cash and makes it difficult. >> businesses and homes are experiencing power cuts for days at a time. there's not enough supply to meet demand even though the power plant has the capacity to generate more electricity than needed. >> there's an ability to call on demand, demand and supply. that is what is messing. that is the problem. that's why we need to improve on culture of maintenance as a country. have periodic energy planning system. >> the president set up a power ministry to deal with the crisis. the map in charge says in the past governments failed to tackle the problems in the power sector. >> collectively has not given
4:25 am
the issue what it deserves. the president says this episode will never be repeated in our nation's history. we are going through it. it is pain: as many prepare for another evening without power, they wonder whether to trust without serious action tape. >> what they know is the longer the crisis continues, the more it is costing the nation. wildfires in argentina forced hundreds from their homes. more than 15,000 hectares of forest land burnt in the chibok problems. rain and wind made it worse. we go there for the latest. >> reporter: behind me you can see some of the devastation that
4:26 am
this fire has caused. burning, all the vegetation on the hill. the fire is continuing across the mountain. difficult to control. those fighting the fire have no idea which way the wind will blow or whether the smoke is too thick. something like 13,000 hectares have been destroyed. some here talk about 1,000 hectares a day swept up. it's out of control. it's difficult to get to the inactionable areas. the local people are complaining that not enough is being done not enough firefighters or resources are put on the fire. as a huge region difficult to control. some of the legislation. we are talking about 100 year old trees, animals, birds, it's
4:27 am
too difficult to say what the extent of the devastation is. that is days become weeks. the fire has been put before we know the extent of the damn. it's a case of day by day trying to get to the areas, control the areas where the fire is raging and limit some of the damage. many have been evacuated. in the mean time it's a case of seeing what can be done day by day. a new show in london opens this heek looking at the art and science of forensics. it's not all blood and cuts but an insight into how this science developed over hundreds of years. jessica baldwin got a sneak preview. >> a familiar site to millions around the world showing crime scene investigators and readers.
4:28 am
it's part of a new show forensics, the anatomy of crime. there's a lot of history. who knew. a bide to post mort um methods, it was the advent of photography that kicked off crime scene forensics of a science. >> i guess we are all concerned about martality and there is a mack ash fascination because of what happens. maybe by looking at some of the images and interpretations, it's a way of making sense of that possibility, and the fact that this could happen to any one of us. >> forensics involve armies of people. and in the morgue where the motto is every contact reveals a
4:29 am
trace. the ceramic platform is replaced by gleaming steal. it includes video of a post mortem without scaleless. >> police techniques moved on from the 1934 finger printing. the show is fascinating. it's plenty of the mack ash and gruesome. there's an entire room devoted to the forensics of mass executions and the moral imperative knoifg the remains. it's parts of a boss ni have been artist. inside the work an endless footage from the bosnian war. >> crime scenes are defined as swathes of a country.
4:30 am
>> more importantly, it needs to be identified to help the living. there's a lot more news on the website. find that at aljazeera.com. this is a show about science, by scientists. let's check out our team of hard core nerds. lindsay moran is an ex-cia operative. tonight she has a real drama, a face transplant that almost ended in death, a